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Re: [Bug-tar] High per file overhead?
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Joerg Schilling |
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Re: [Bug-tar] High per file overhead? |
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Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:35:26 +0100 |
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nail 11.2 8/15/04 |
"Sergey Poznyakoff" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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:
This answer seems to be unrelated to the question of the OP.
Jörg
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