Re: [Bug-tar] Adding non-materialized files from a stream

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Ryan Jud Hughes <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> I would rather be able to add it directly to the tar archive from the
> stream:
> 
> % create_data | tar -rf existing_tar_archive.tar -
> 

There is a serious obstacle to this: tar needs to know beforehand the
size of the file it is archiving.

> If not, would this be a friendly addition to tar?

It would, certainly.  But I don't think it is possible to implement due
to above restriction.

Regards,
Sergey