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ddar
====
ddar is a free de-duplicating archiver for Unix. Save space, bandwidth and time by storing duplicate regions of data only once.
For details, see: [http://www.synctus.com/ddar/][1].
Installation
------------
Some [pre-built packages][1] are available.
Building from Source
--------------------
For Debian/Ubuntu packages, just install build dependencies (see
`debian/control`) and then run `debuild` as usual.
Other distributions: install [protobuf][2], run `make pydist` and then `python
setup.py install`.
Contributing
------------
Please submit contributions as pull requests on [github][3], following these
guidelines:
* Maintain compatibility with Python 2.5.
* Keep behaviour similar to `ar(1)` and `tar(1)` (principle of least surprise).
Options, behaviour and formats that make sense to match should match as
closely as possible.
* The manpage should be the source of all knowledge. All options and behaviour
should be documented there.
[1]: http://www.synctus.com/ddar/
[2]: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
[3]: https://github.com/basak/ddar