Re: [Bug-tar] file name too long to be stored in a GNU multivolume header

[Curt Blank]

Thank you. Didn't see the --format option when I do a "man tar" but I 
now see it when I do a "tar --help".

Just curious as to the answer to Jörg question below.

And I'm wondering where I can get more information to read up on the 
different formats the --format option uses.

I just tested a restore of a file from tape that was written without the 
--format=pax option and the restore worked find (this file was not a 
tape spanned file) so I won't have to worry about compatibility with 
backups and restores as I implement the use of this option.

-Curt

Joerg Schilling wrote:

> "Sergey Poznyakoff" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Curt Blank <address@hidden> ha escrit:
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> > > Is this ever going to be addressed when spanning tapes?
> > >      
> > It has been addressed quite a while ago (around v1.16, 2005).  Try
> > --format=pax, it does not have this limitation.
> >    
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> Does this mean you introduced an incompatible alternative for multi-volume
> or did you reimplement the star method?
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> Jörg
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