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Date:      Fri, 28 May 2004 10:07:58 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:    Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive archive_read_support_format_all.c
Message-ID:  <40B771EE.5040406@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040527232309.GA7692@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200405272127.i4RLRgrN019302@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040527232309.GA7692@nagual.pp.ru>

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Andrey Chernov wrote:
> ... please don't forget implementing -S, --sparse
> from GNU tar ...

I do intend that bsdtar be able to read such files.
I know how to implement this, but haven't yet had
time to work through it all.

Writing is an altogether different matter, however.
(Mostly due to library API issues.)

> (really from old BSD tar).

Oh?  Which BSD tar?  I've looked through a lot
of tar documentation, but I must have missed that one.
Pointers appreciated.

Tim



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