Re: [Bug-tar] High per file overhead?

[Joerg Schilling]

"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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