Re: GNU Tar vs. dump (The faster one wins...maybe)

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From: Nick Sandru
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1991 09:43

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peter@pony.acadiau.ca (Peter Steele) writes:

>ryan@ra.cs.umb.edu (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes:

>>PS For my money, gnutar w/tar-mode beats dump/restore in the user
>>interface department.

>I personally prefer restore's interactive mode for restoring files.
>You can tool around the directories looking for the files you want
>and "adding" them when you find one. I like that...

The thing I like most in restore is that I can take a _long_ coffee 
break after the 'extract':-)

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