Differences between System V 'tar' and BSD 'tar' facilities?

[Dan Strahs]

	Here are a few additional facts to help you wizards...

	With the archive written by BSD tar, there are extra characters
	in the padding to 'flesh' out the current block that apparently
	follow the end of the file at a fixed distance.  Perhaps these
	are related to how many files there are and how big they are?

	Can I get the System V machine to write these characters at the
	end of the files in the archive it creates?

	If not, can I edit the current archive created with System V tar
	to include these characters so that it is recognized by the BSD
	tar?  This would probably be worth my time, since moving 6 Megabyte
	archives by phone line is painful process I'd hate to have to repeat.

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