// in the V7 path field as a directory even though the full path
	// recorded elsewhere (e.g., via PAX record) contains no trailing slash.
	if len(s) > len(b) && b[len(b)-1] == '/' {
		n := len(strings.TrimRight(s[:len(b)-1], "/"))
		b[n] = 0 // Replace trailing slash with NUL terminator
	}
}

// fitsInBase256 reports whether x can be encoded into n bytes using base-256