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Re: tar file system


From: Ian Duggan
Subject: Re: tar file system
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:32:55 -0800

> Be careful about one thing: if the same file occurs more than once in
> the archive, you must use the *last* occurrence, not the first, as the
> contents of the file.  That might require scanning through the whole
> archive.

Scan the archive in reverse.  :)

-- Ian

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