On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM, David Denney
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> Hello all,
> When you tar a file (i.e. a backup) to a destination disk, does tar build
> the file on the destination disk, or does it create it in a tmp file,
> memory, etc then move it to the final destination?  I have to think it
> builds it in the destination location, but want to make sure.

FWIW you can find out the answer yourself by using "strace".

James.


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