Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
Phillip Susi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
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