-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-08-08
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-09-08
Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
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reported only if the archive is read from a device (as opposed
to regular files and pipes).
+* Seekable archives
+
+When a read-only operation (e.g. --list or --extract) is requested
+on a regular file, tar attemtps to speed up accesses by using lseek.
+
* New command line option `--warning'
The `--warning' command line option allows to suppress or enable
during file system scan.
If the file was explicitly listed in the command line, tar
-issues error messages and exits with the code 2, meaning
+issues error message and exits with the code 2, meaning
fatal error.
Otherwise, if the file was gathered during the file system