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Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug |
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Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:35:53 -0800 |
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On 01/06/11 10:20, address@hidden wrote:
> So basically by initializing you mean testing writing of anything to the tape
> and of course usually piece of /dev/null serves good for this kind of task :-)
No, it's not simply writing *anything*; it's writing a valid tar image
to the tape, so that "tar -r" has something proper to work with.