Re: [Bug-tar] 1.15.91 file name too long to be stored in a GNU multivolume header, truncated

[Benno Schulenberg]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> tar: `foo' is possibly continued on this volume: header contains
> truncated name
>
> The purpose of this warning is to draw user's attention to the
> fact that tar is not 100% sure this is the right volume, since it
> was only able to compare first 100 bytes of the file name and the
> byte offsets.

Then maybe word the warning differently?  Possibly like this:

  tar: `foo' is probably continued on this volume: the truncated
  file name in the header matches

Benno