Any @command{tar} implementation will be able to extract sparse members from a
PAX archive. However, the extracted files will be @dfn{condensed},
i.e., any zero blocks will be removed from them. When we restore such
-a condensed file to its original form, by adding zero bloks (or
+a condensed file to its original form, by adding zero blocks (or
@dfn{holes}) back to their original locations, we call this process
@dfn{expanding} a compressed sparse file.
@file{@var{name}}.
@end enumerate
-In the unlikely case when this algorithm does not suite your needs,
+In the unlikely case when this algorithm does not suit your needs,
you can explicitly specify output file name as a second argument to
the command:
that precedes an archive member and contains a set of
@dfn{variables}, describing the member properties that cannot be
stored in the standard @code{ustar} header. While optional for
-expanding sparse version 1.0 members, use of extended headers is
+expanding sparse version 1.0 members, the use of extended headers is
mandatory when expanding sparse members in older sparse formats: v.0.0
and v.0.1 (The sparse formats are described in detail in @ref{Sparse
-Formats}.) So, for this format, the question is: how to obtain
+Formats}.) So, for these formats, the question is: how to obtain
extended headers from the archive?
If you use a @command{tar} implementation that does not support PAX