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Ignoring Blocks of Zeros
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Normally, 'tar' stops reading when it encounters a block of zeros
between file entries (which usually indicates the end of the archive).
'--ignore-zeros' ('-i') allows 'tar' to completely read an archive which
contains a block of zeros before the end (i.e., a damaged archive, or
one that was created by concatenating several archives together).
The '--ignore-zeros' ('-i') option is turned off by default because
many versions of 'tar' write garbage after the end-of-archive entry,
since that part of the media is never supposed to be read. GNU 'tar'
does not write after the end of an archive, but seeks to maintain
compatibility among archiving utilities.
'--ignore-zeros'
'-i'
To ignore blocks of zeros (i.e., end-of-archive entries) which may
be encountered while reading an archive. Use in conjunction with
'--extract' or '--list'.
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