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Re: [Bug-tar] High per file overhead?
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: [Bug-tar] High per file overhead? |
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Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:35:48 EET |
Phillip Susi <address@hidden> wrote:
> Can anyone explain this?
Tar stores files in so called "records". You will get different archive
sizes, depending on the record size. The record size is measured in
blocks of 512 bytes and is also referred to as "blocking factor". All
this is described in detail in GNU tar documentation, please see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Blocking.html#Blocking
and
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Blocking-Factor.html#Blocking-Factor
Regards,
Sergey