Re: [Bug-tar] Problem with multiple archives and --concatenate

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Paul Fee <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> I would expect both first.tar and second.tar to have
> the same contents.  The problem is first.tar doesn't
> list file "two".  However examining the contents of
> the file reveals that "append2.tar" has been added,
> but the content is not retrievable.

You can still list and retrieve all files from the resulting archive by
using -i (--ignore-zeros) option.

> To me it looks like either the documentation should be
> clarified or there's a bug in GNU tar.

It is a bug in tar.  It concatenates entire archives, including 
trailing zero blocks, so by default reading the resulting archive stops
after the first concatenation.

Regards,
Sergey