On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM, David Denney <ddenney@cuttingtoolsinc.net> wrote: > Hello all, > When you tar a file (i.e. a backup) to a destination disk, does tar build > the file on the destination disk, or does it create it in a tmp file, > memory, etc then move it to the final destination? I have to think it > builds it in the destination location, but want to make sure. FWIW you can find out the answer yourself by using "strace". James.