Re: Dar (disk archive) plugin

[Stefan <zi4 gmx net>]

hi Guus,

yes, the 'dar' extfs plugin works fine!  That's exactly what I was 
looking for.  Good work, many thanks.

I noticed it's very fast to open (browse) a big dar archive - much 
faster than opening an equivalent '.tar.gz'.  When restoring a directory 
with many files it's a bit slow, maybe just because mc displays each 
file being restored?  Anyway, I can use dar or dar_manager at the 
command-line for big restores. Even then, your plugin is a great help to 
check first if / where the wanted files are in the archive.

I'll do some more tests this week and let you know how they went.  Have 
you posted this success in a dar forum?
   http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=65612
 I'm sure many of the dar users (few, but smart :-) can profit from 
your work.

My first (successful) restore tests were with dar version 2.2.2.  I 
noticed your comment in 'udar' :  'dar version >= 2.3.0' and next tests 
will be with 2.3.1.

Just one more question: "# Limitations: # - Block and character special 
files are not handled".  Could you explain this a bit?  I found a 
description for "Block special files" at  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_device , but not sure if that's 
what you mean.

cheers, Stefan