docs/81738: Update tar usage in chapter 16.11.2 of the Handbook

[Rene Ladan]

>Number:         81738
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Update tar usage in chapter 16.11.2 of the Handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 31 20:30:01 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rene Ladan
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD 82-168-79-254-bbxl.xdsl.tiscali.nl 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #5: Wed May 25 05:41:14 CEST 2005 root at 82-168-79-254-bbxl.xdsl.tiscali.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RENE i386


	
>Description:
	Although mentioned in the 5.3R release notes, the text in chapter
	16.11.2 of the Handbook still refers to GNU tar as the (only) tar to use:

	" ... The GNU version of tar, which FreeBSD utilizes, supports remote
	devices using the same syntax as rdump ... "
	
	<sidenote>
	This doesn't seem to apply to bsdtar:
	
	$ bsdtar cf localhost:/usr/home/rene/test.tar localfile
	tar: Failed to open 'localhost:/usr/home/rene/test.tar': No such file or directory
	</sidenote>
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
--- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml	Sat May 21 20:08:22 2005
+++ chapter.sgml	Tue May 31 22:04:29 2005
@@ -2373,8 +2373,12 @@
       <indexterm><primary><command>tar</command></primary></indexterm>
       <para>Most versions of <command>tar</command> do not support
 	backups across the network.  The GNU version of
-	<command>tar</command>, which FreeBSD utilizes, supports remote
-	devices using the same syntax as <command>rdump</command>.  To
+	<command>tar</command>, which FreeBSD utilizes on 4.X, supports
+	remote devices using the same syntax as <command>rdump</command>.
+	On 5.3 and later, <command>tar</command> is a symbolic link to
+	<command>bsdtar</command>, a native version of
+	<command>tar</command>.  To use the GNU version on these
+	systems, use <command>gtar</command> instead.  To
 	<command>tar</command> to an Exabyte tape drive connected to a
 	Sun called <hostid>komodo</hostid>, use:</para>
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