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Date:      Fri, 23 Aug 1996 22:59:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
To:        Bora Akyol <akyol@wireless.Stanford.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help on block size in tar
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.960823225706.6041A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199608240026.RAA00691@wireless.Stanford.EDU>

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On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Bora Akyol wrote:
> 
> What is the default blocksize of tar on FreeBSD, I have made a tape
> on a freebsd system and now cannot read it on a linux system. It complains
> about block size not being right.

I believe the default block size for tar on FreeBSD is 20, as stated in 
the manpage. However, FreeBSD uses GNU tar, and I suspect Linux also uses 
GNU tar, so I would expect the default block size to be the same on both.


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