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Re: [Bug-tar] Extract a file from a large tar file


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] Extract a file from a large tar file
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:02:41 -0700
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On 04/17/2017 09:53 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
Does anybody know what the problem is?

There might be another instance of a file with the same name, in the same tar file.

Presumably an option could be added to 'tar' so that it assumes the tar file contains no duplicates, and can run faster in your case.




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