Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:10:08 -0700 From: David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: detecting the size of a tarball Message-ID: <20031104161008.E32148@asu.edu>
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I have a 100 mg zip drive that I'm writing to as a raw device -- no file system -- just 'tar cvf /dev/afd0 stuff'. I am curious if there is a way to find out how big the tarball is on this kind of thing. I'm guessing maybe some kind of seek to EOF but not sure how it might be accomplished. any idea's? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"
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