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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex index fec2737..c841123 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtarfile.tex @@ -256,11 +256,12 @@ tar archive several times. Each archive member is represented by a \begin{memberdesc}{posix} If true, create a \POSIX{} 1003.1-1990 compliant archive. GNU extensions are not used, because they are not part of the \POSIX{} - standard. This limits the length of filenames to at most 256 and - link names to 100 characters. A \exception{ValueError} is raised - if a pathname exceeds this limit. If false, create a GNU tar - compatible archive. It will not be \POSIX{} compliant, but can - store pathnames of unlimited length. + standard. This limits the length of filenames to at most 256, + link names to 100 characters and the maximum file size to 8 + gigabytes. A \exception{ValueError} is raised if a file exceeds + this limit. If false, create a GNU tar compatible archive. It + will not be \POSIX{} compliant, but can store files without any + of the above restrictions. \end{memberdesc} \begin{memberdesc}{dereference} |