Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 11:35:46 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: Help on block size in tar Message-ID: <199608250935.LAA15473@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199608241406.KAA03455@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> from "hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca" at "Aug 24, 96 10:06:40 am"
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As hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca wrote: > > Anyway, i think the default blocksize is only 512 bytes. This should > > also pass any variable-length driver. > > Are you sure? I quote the tar manpage (which, being GNU tar isn't the > official source of information regarding tar, I suppose). > > "and 20 is the default block size" You're right, gtar also defaults to 10 KB blocks when used on a local tape, i just verified. However, i seem to remember that adding a ``-B 20'' gave me a substantial speed improvement when using it on a remote tape (``-f host:/dev/rtape''). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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