[ale] Q: How to get minimal bloat while unpacking tarball?

[Tony Carter]

> Is there a way to incrementally unpack an archive so the old contents'
> space is recovered along the way, or does it sound like 
> there's some other problem here?
> 
> TIA.

Just a guess..
I think tar filters the tarball through gunzip first and then works off the
.tar file. Will the uncompressed tarball on the usb? You might want to try
working from it.

-Tony