Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Personally, I thought Tar was completely obsolete now?
> > 
> >   Why would it be obsolete?

> Because it was invented several decades before I was even born?

  Computers were invented several decades before you were born. Are they
obsolete?

> > What would you suggest as an alternative?

> Actually, if you stop and think about this, there aren't any really good 
> alternatives that are actually widely supported.

  If I use an alternative, 7zip is good enough for me. Usually compresses
better than tar+bzip2 too.

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