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| DATE | 2014-02-28 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] max size of tar
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:27:56PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> 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
>
It seems to have made the archive and it goes throught the tar -t check
but the problem is that its hard to prove it is intact unless I unroll
it out and mulch the existing file system :(
Ruben
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