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Star
Description
Star supports several tar archive formats (including ustar, GNU tar and new POSIX format). It's faster than other tar implementations due to advanced buffering.

Star is also the only tar implementation under Linux capable of archiving Access Control Lists.
Home Page: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/star.html
Interface: Command Line
Available deb Repositories (how-to add a respository)
Debian 32-bit

Ubuntu 32-bit 64-bit
hardy 1.5a67-1.1ubuntu1 1.5a67-1.1ubuntu1
lucid 1.5final-2ubuntu2 1.5final-2ubuntu2

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Available rpm Repositories
OpenSUSE 32-bit 64-bit
10.1 1.5a70-12 1.5a70-12
11.0 1.5final-8.1 1.5final-8.1

Rating: Good (5 votes)


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