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| DATE | 2014-02-27 |
| FROM | Ron Guerin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] max size of tar
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On 02/27/2014 11:15 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> this is not correct in the info tar manual?
>
>
> posix
> Archive format defined by POSIX.1-2001 specification. This is the
> most flexible and feature-rich format. It does not impose any
> restrictions on file sizes or file name lengths. This format is
> quite recent, so not all tar implementations are able to handle it
> properly. However, this format is designed in such a way that any
> tar implementation able to read `ustar' archives will be able to
> read most `posix' archives as well, with the only exception that
> any additional information (such as long file names etc.) will in
> such case be extracted as plain text files along with the files it
> refers to.
>
> This archive format will be the default format for future versions
> of GNU `tar'.
According to everything I've read, no, that is not correct. And yet
there it is. So I dunno.
- Ron
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