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Tar blocking size
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tar --show-defaults
The default blocking factor is typically 20 (i.e., 10240 bytes), but can be specified at installation.
--record-size=SIZE SIZE bytes per record, multiple of 512
--record-size=32K
--record-size=64K
--record-size=128K
--record-size=256K
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lukecav commented Feb 6, 2018 •
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https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/153242/in-which-units-does-tar-checkpoint-measure
https://linux.m2osw.com/tar-record-size-blocks
https://www.petefreitag.com/tools/man-pages/tar.html

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