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Re: can not create a multi-volume archive using tar
On Jul 10 10:36, a1111111 wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> >
> >Did you try the -M or --multi-volume option of tar?
> >
> >Corinna
> >
>
> Yes, I did.
>
> I even tried to force "tape size" to number below the size of floppy
> disk -- no success.
>
> I have experience with C, so I think I could find a problem, but I think
> that development could do it quicker. Anyway if you point me where to
> start, I can try.
I found the culprit. It was age old code in Cygwin which should speed
up reading and writing on raw devices by using buffering. This works
nicely for reading, but it doesn't work quite as well for writing.
I've removed buffered writing for raw devices entirely.
Corinna
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