Hi! Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The behaviour you are reportin in tar is not a bug. It is an optimization > that allows backup tools like Amanda to use a tar to /dev/null to quickly > estimate the size of a prospective backup when doing tape space planning. > > This is well-documented in the tar info document, and is the way that tar-1.12 > works on all platforms:
I really appologize for bothering you by not RTFM. But I don't like tar to try to be intelligent. Watch WinBlows and see the result of "intelligent" progs. Why the hell isn't there an explicit option for size-estimation? When I instruct tar to dump files to devnull I expect it to do so (eg. for readability-tests). Yes, I know it may be too late to be changed, but are there any hints whom to contact to get this "fixed"? Am I the only one who dislikes this behavior? Regards Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
