Re: multi-volume issues with tar

[Paul Eggert]

> From: "Yuval Yeret" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:05:26 +0200
> 
> 1. Does the GNU-tar multi-volume format support segments of multiple files
> in one volume ?

I don't think so.

> Is it possible for files other than the last in the volume to be a segment ?

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

> I tried to understand whether this is possible from the source files

That's the best way to find out.

> for example I want to specify to tar only to archive the segment beginning
> at offset 20000 whose size is 10000. Is that possible without modifications
> to the code ?

No.

> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

Can you please fix your email client so that you send text messages as
plain text, not as multipart MIME?  That makes it easier for me to
process them.  For details, please see:

Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/nomime.html

Thanks.