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Sep 9, 2024 at 22:53 comment added MarcH "GNU tar has a --concatenate mode for producing combined archives. That has the same limitations as above — you must use --ignore-zeros to extract" - Actually: as of GNU tar --version 1.30 (2017?), info tar very clearly states that --concatenate specifically solves that very problem for us and removes the need to (forget to...) use --ignore-zeros.
Feb 11, 2021 at 10:41 comment added alper can this be applied for .tar.gz files?
Aug 26, 2014 at 20:36 comment added jl6 Sorry, only just been able to test this. Your second method gives me this error: tar: Cannot update compressed archives
Aug 23, 2014 at 7:32 comment added Michael Homer @jl6: See edit.
Aug 23, 2014 at 7:32 history edited Michael Homer CC BY-SA 3.0
Explain tar-of-tars option
Aug 23, 2014 at 7:26 comment added jl6 Thanks, your second option looks right for my purpose, but could you elaborate on your last paragraph? What would this look like?
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Add non-corrupting loop version
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