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From: | Paul Eggert |
Subject: | Re: [Bug-tar] gnu tar bug: tar adds junk at the end of archive |
Date: | 30 Jul 2003 14:17:31 -0700 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
This isn't a bug: tar uses the specified block size, regardless of whether it's using compression. This is important for some kinds of tape devices. You can work around the problem by invoking gzip yourself instead of having tar do it.
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