comparison lisp/tar-mode.el @ 7103:b5fad00fa757

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;;;    might be a problem if the tar write-file-hook does not come *first* on
;;;    the list.
;;;
;;; o  Block files, sparse files, continuation files, and the various header 
;;;    types aren't editable.  Actually I don't know that they work at all.

;;; Code:

(defvar tar-anal-blocksize 20
  "*The blocksize of tar files written by Emacs, or nil, meaning don't care.

7103:b5fad00fa757

;;;    might be a problem if the tar write-file-hook does not come *first* on
;;;    the list.
;;;
;;; o  Block files, sparse files, continuation files, and the various header 
;;;    types aren't editable.  Actually I don't know that they work at all.

;;; Rationale:

;;; Why does tar-mode edit the file itself instead of using tar?

;;; That means that you can edit tar files which you don't have room for
;;; on your local disk.

;;; I don't know about recent features in gnu tar, but old versions of tar
;;; can't replace a file in the middle of a tar file with a new version.
;;; Tar-mode can.  I don't think tar can do things like chmod the subfiles.
;;; An implementation which involved unpacking and repacking the file into
;;; some scratch directory would be very wasteful, and wouldn't be able to
;;; preserve the file owners.

;;; Code:

(defvar tar-anal-blocksize 20
  "*The blocksize of tar files written by Emacs, or nil, meaning don't care.