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				|  |  |  @end group
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				|  |  |  @end smallexample
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				|  |  | +Notice, that since @command{tar} operates on @dfn{records}, the number
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				|  |  | +of bytes reported can be rounded up to the nearest full record.  This
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				|  |  | +can happen, in particular, when the last record in the archive is
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				|  |  | +partial.  @xref{Blocking}.
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				|  |  |  Finally, when deleting from an archive, the @option{--totals} option
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				|  |  |  displays both numbers plus number of bytes removed from the archive:
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