GNU Tar 1.31 Released With Zstd Support

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GNU Tar 1.31 Released With Zstd Support

02 January 2019, 06:50 PM

Phoronix: GNU Tar 1.31 Released With Zstd Support

As the first update to the GNU Tar program in more than one year, Tar 1.31 is out today and it has support for Zstd compression...

GNU Tar 1.31 Released With Zstd Support - Phoronix

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03 January 2019, 05:47 PM

Excellent. It looks like zstd is quite widely supported now. It's also available in the kernel (squash fs etc.)
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