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Old 10-12-2009, 01:58 PM   #1
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Tar test


I remember seeing a while ago that before creating a tar ball you could do a trail run to show how big the file will be ....

I cant seem to find the switch ... anyone know ??
 
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I don't see it in the man page---you might try the gnu site.
 
  


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