tar-1.11.2 for backup?

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From: Kristian Wedberg
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 11:38

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I'm thinking of using gnu tar for our tape backups, with gzip compress
options. Is there any later version than v1.11.2, preferably with manuals?
Any reason why this would be a bad idea? Thanks!


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From: wedberg@musculus.mednet.gu.se (Kristian Wedberg)
Subject: tar-1.11.2 for backup?
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