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What wrong with tar?
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It probably has to do with your using the "u" flag read below (taken from man tar):
u Update. The named file s are written at the end of the tarfile if they are not already in the tarfile, or if they have been modified since last written to that tarfile. An update can be rather slow. A tarfile created on a 5.x system cannot be updated on a 4.x system. A file created with extended headers must be updated with extended headers (see E flag under Function Modifiers). A file created without extended headers cannot be modified with extended headers.
d3funct
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The software required `Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux.
u Update. The named file s are written at the end of the tarfile if they are not already in the tarfile, or if they have been modified since last written to that tarfile. An update can be rather slow. A tarfile created on a 5.x system cannot be updated on a 4.x system. A file created with extended headers must be updated with extended headers (see E flag under Function Modifiers). A file created without extended headers cannot be modified with extended headers.
d3funct
borg@pcgeek.net
The software required `Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux.
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