Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Gtar does not read the files in this case:
>
> Hmm, it read the files for the case that I tried. Perhaps it reads
> sometimes and not others. Either way, it appears that I was wrong and
> this is not an entirely theoretical discussion; also, from other's
> comments it appears that some practical uses run faster due to gtar's
> optimizations, which sounds like a good thing.
The only reason I am aware of where it reads filesm is when it scans for sparse
files.
What you call "gtar's optimizations" is what I would call unexpected side
effects. Star shows that there is no need to have these side effects.
Jörg
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