GNU tar compatibility: Add `-L` / `--tape-length=NUMBER`
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
This issue tracks a missing GNU tar compatibility feature.
Phase: Multi-Volume
High-level task: Add -L / --tape-length=NUMBER
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the tar command's option-parsing entry point and the Multi-Volume implementation. Compare GNU tar's -L/--tape-length=NUMBER behavior with the project's existing option handling, then add coverage showing the length is accepted and applied during multi-volume operation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100