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Subject: Re: [9fans] dumb question
From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:08:51 +0100
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you could see if iostats(4) offers a hint.
quite apart from retaining Plan 9 modes and long names correctly,
mkfs archives use a file header that's more compact than tar's (1 line per file not
512 bytes)