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The tar (Tape ARchive) program produced by the GNU project. The program is actually named tar and packages are typically named tar. We refer to it as gnutar to distinguish it from proprietary tars, which may or may not play well with amanda. Not all versions of Gnutar play well with amanda. See [[FAQ:What versions of GNU Tar are Amanda-compatible?]].
The tar (Tape ARchive) program produced by the GNU project. The program is actually named tar and packages are typically named tar. We refer to it as gnutar to distinguish it from proprietary tars, which may or may not play well with amanda. Not all versions of Gnutar play well with amanda. See [[FAQ:What versions of GNU Tar are Amanda-compatible?]].

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The tar (Tape ARchive) program produced by the GNU project. The program is actually named tar and packages are typically named tar. We refer to it as gnutar to distinguish it from proprietary tars, which may or may not play well with amanda. Not all versions of Gnutar play well with amanda. See FAQ:What versions of GNU Tar are Amanda-compatible?.