Re: Alternative to tar?
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Gaël DONVAL <gael.donval@cnrs-imn.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you know of any lighter/simpler alternative to the tar program?
> tar preserves permissions, time stamps, etc. and this is great in some
> cases. But in other cases, one just wants a simple way to concatenate
> files.
>
> Any idea?
>
If all you want is not to preserve permissions, timestamps, etc., you
can use the appropriate options to the tar program to disable those
features.
If you object to the tar format itself, you can look at cpio, which
might support some more formats. (although the tar program seems to
have grown support for several (most?) of those).
If you want a smaller/simpler tar program for some reason, busybox has
a version of tar, which has much fewer options. But, unless you are
in an environment that is already using busybox, you probably won't
have a net gain if you install busybox just for a smaller tar.
--
regards,
kushal
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