Normally, tar stops reading when it encounters a block of zeros
between file entries (which usually indicates the end of the archive).
--ignore-zeros (-i) allows tar to completely read an archive
which contains a block of zeros before the end (i.e. a damaged
archive, or one which was created by cat-ing several archives
together).
The --ignore-zeros (-i) option is turned off by default because many
versions of tar write garbage after the end-of-archive entry,
since that part of the media is never supposed to be read. GNU
tar does not write after the end of an archive, but seeks to
maintain compatablity among archiving utilities.
--ignore-zeros
-i
To ignore blocks of zeros (ie. end-of-archive entries) which may be
encountered while reading an archive. Use in conjunction with
--extract (--get, -x) or --list (-t).
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