Explain multiple tarball import with ignore-zeros

dotdoom · dotdoom · commit c999d5ddedc8 · 2023-03-22T11:13:19.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/tar_cmds.py b/src/borg/archiver/tar_cmds.py
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ def build_parser_tar(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser):
         - UNIX V7 tar
         - SunOS tar with extended attributes
 
+        To import multiple tarballs into a single archive, they can be simply
+        concatenated (e.g. using "cat") into a single file, and imported with an
+        ``--ignore-zeros`` option to skip through the stop markers between them.
         """
         )
         subparser = subparsers.add_parser(

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ def build_parser_tar(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser):`
`445`	`445`	`- UNIX V7 tar`
`446`	`446`	`- SunOS tar with extended attributes`
`447`	`447`
	`448`	`+ To import multiple tarballs into a single archive, they can be simply`
	`449`	`+ concatenated (e.g. using "cat") into a single file, and imported with an`
	`450`	+ ``--ignore-zeros`` option to skip through the stop markers between them.
`448`	`451`	`"""`
`449`	`452`	`)`
`450`	`453`	`subparser = subparsers.add_parser(`