> Related to your original post on the subject, it was suggested that
> you see if star supported all the arguments and options that amanda
> expected to see supported by gnutar and if it was compatible with
> the formats and error messages that gnutar generates.  Were you
> able to do that?  If star is not usable, a wrapper is of little value.

as described star should be able to do all these things but i will check
it again. is there a doc-file where all options of tar which are used are
described or listed or do i have to look into the source code?

regards

claus