Will increasing the block size on tar, eek out much more space on a tape backup?

From: George Gallen <ggallen_at_slackinc.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:47:00 -0400

Right now, we are using the default block size of 20, but I increase that,
will I
get much more space on the tape drive (meaning maybe a GB more?)

George

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Received on Thu May 10 2001 - 17:48:00 NZST