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Re: tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory



Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote:

> Maybe we should add a --passphrase-force option which overrides tarsnap's
> attempt to autodetect whether there's enough memory.  (Does anyone have a
> preference for what the option is named?)

After lately spending some time on Unix portability issues, and going through the difference betwwen many commands on FreeBSD/Linux with respect to POSIX, I vote for "--memoryly-correct"

Ok,I'll get my coat... :-)

Jamie!