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Re: support for translators in tar
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Neal H Walfield |
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Re: support for translators in tar |
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Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:20:49 +0200 |
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>> > When 'tar' saves a translator, it must also save the file or
>> > directory underlying the translator, in case the translator wants
>> > to access it when run. The underlying node can be opened with
>> > O_NOTRANS.
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>> Do not forget, translators maybe stacked.
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> That's not really relevant in the case of tar. If we are following
> the translator, we follow all the way down, as it were. If not, we
> just record the top one.
I do not understand why. Can you elaborate a bit?