GNU tar actually is a redirect to the Tar file format.
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This ckpdb utility would typically create a tar file snapshot of the database.
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Unless Windows is somehow digging into the TAR file!
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A related problem is the use of absolute paths or parent directory references when creating tar files.
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:: I think he meant compiling the source code inside the tar file and make an executable.
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I noticed, while browsing the MediaWiki site, that the downloadable file was a . tar file.
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This contrasts with the format of compressed tar files, for which such random-access processing is not easily possible.
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The Leap worm is delivered over the iChat instant messaging program as a gzip-compressed tar file called latestpics . tgz.
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For example, if the checkpoints were compressed the rollforwarddb command will need a customisation installed to allow it to process the compressed tar file.
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If any are problematic, the user can create a new empty directory and extract the archive into it or avoid the tar file entirely.
