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2This is a demonstration that GNU tar may create multi volume archives that
3GNU tar rejects to read back.
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5Re�eat with the following files
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7-rw-r--r--    1 root     star       139264 Oct 11 20:26 gnu-multi-fail-volume1.gtar
8-rw-r--r--    1 root     star       136192 Oct 11 20:27 gnu-multi-fail-volume2.gtar
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10by calling:
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12gtar -tvM -f gnu-multi-fail-volume1.gtar -f gnu-multi-fail-volume2.gtar
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14There are other problems with the multi volume system from GNU tar tat are caused
15by the fact that the concept to create multi volume archives used by GNU tar
16is broken.
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