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| author | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1997-04-06 06:11:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1997-04-06 06:11:17 +0000 |
| commit | e24b7b1aafb1f01bcb4758a4a450dade1f6c77ab (patch) | |
| tree | 20f47715823fa1a46d64354ac8e6f3000f039926 /bin/pax/tar.1 | |
| parent | cb80257dd1c3a975ee62c3776c5f25a60cb3e0c6 (diff) | |
Allow creation of archives with block sizes up to 64512 bytes
but complain about non-portability if > 32256 bytes.
Brought up by George Robbins <grr@shandakor.tharsis.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/pax/tar.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/pax/tar.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/pax/tar.1 b/bin/pax/tar.1 index 1010e49f5e6..d00827d2322 100644 --- a/bin/pax/tar.1 +++ b/bin/pax/tar.1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.8 1997/04/05 22:36:18 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.9 1997/04/06 06:11:16 millert Exp $ .\" .Dd June 11, 1996 .Dt TAR 1 @@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ flags may be used: .It Fl b Ar "blocking factor" Set blocking factor to use for the archive, .Nm -uses 512 byte blocks. The default is 20, the maximum is 63. +uses 512 byte blocks. The default is 20, the maximum is 126. +Archives with a blocking factor larger 63 violate the +.Tn POSIX +standard and will not be portable to all systems. .It Fl e Stop after first error. .It Fl f Ar archive |