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

[Phillip Susi]

Sergey Poznyakoff 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:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Blocking.html#Blocking
>
> and
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Blocking-Factor.html#Blocking-Factor
>
> Regards,
> Sergey

I had tried adjusting that parameter and it had no effect on the file 
size.  I may have made a mistake though, so I will have to try it again.