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[Bug-tar] FW: GNU tar --append is too slow
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Adye, TJ (Tim) |
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[Bug-tar] FW: GNU tar --append is too slow |
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Tue, 18 May 2004 17:55:57 +0100 |
Hi Stepan,
> > Create a 1.5GB tar file: 1:48, 1:46
> > Append a 1 byte file: 0:00.1, 0:47
>
> I hope you'll get a better answer from the tar maintainer, but in the
> meantime:
>
> Perhaps you could evaluate ``star''. It might serve you better. (I
> have no experience personally, though.)
Thanks for the pointer. I hadn't come across star before. Unfortunately I
see the same problems with that (both the stable and development version, on
both Solaris and Linux) and couldn't find any options that helped. GNU tar
does seem a little faster though :-)
Thanks,
Tim.
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