//
// The Writer currently provides no support for sparse files.
type Format int

// Constants to identify various tar formats.
const (
	// Deliberately hide the meaning of constants from public API.
	_ Format = (1 << iota) / 4 // Sequence of 0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc...

	// FormatUnknown indicates that the format is unknown.
	FormatUnknown

	// The format of the original Unix V7 tar tool prior to standardization.
	formatV7