Re: Bug#21726 (tar: doesn't dump files to /dev/null)

1998-04-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : Yes, I know it may be too late to be changed, but are there any hints whom : to contact to get this "fixed"? The upstream maintainer, of course. Read the /usr/doc/tar/README.Debian file. Also, note that if you pipe tar's output through cat or dd on th

Re: Bug#21726 (tar: doesn't dump files to /dev/null)

1998-04-28 Thread Rainer Clasen
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