* David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > ...and then Michael Tatge said... > > > Quoting tar's man page: > > > > -r, --append append files to the end of an archive > > > > Works like charm. > > No kidding! I've never seen one work. What version of tar are you > running?
It should work fine provided tar strips off the NULL blocks at the end, although this might get hairy going through gzip unless tar's going to rewrite the entire archive. > This is *very* interesting. Thanks (and in advance) for the info. I'm currently writing a tar handler. I'm afraid I can't say it's the most impressive format I've seen :) -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.aagh.net/ - The sun never sets on those who ride into it. -- RKO
