Gunnar Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Minor reasons, I suspect. It reflects historical practice. > > Really? 7th edition tar checks the number of bytes returned after the > first call to read() only.
I was referring to historical practice in creating files. POSIX specifies only the file format; it doesn't specify tar's behavior. _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
