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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index 86dd33d..b8b65b9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -669,11 +669,11 @@ There are three tar formats that can be created with the :mod:`tarfile` module: * The POSIX.1-1988 ustar format (:const:`USTAR_FORMAT`). It supports filenames up to a length of at best 256 characters and linknames up to 100 characters. The - maximum file size is 8 gigabytes. This is an old and limited but widely + maximum file size is 8 GiB. This is an old and limited but widely supported format. * The GNU tar format (:const:`GNU_FORMAT`). It supports long filenames and - linknames, files bigger than 8 gigabytes and sparse files. It is the de facto + linknames, files bigger than 8 GiB and sparse files. It is the de facto standard on GNU/Linux systems. :mod:`tarfile` fully supports the GNU tar extensions for long names, sparse file support is read-only. |