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Re: [PATCH] Re: Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] automatically find and use compres
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [PATCH] Re: Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] automatically find and use compression filter + bzip2 filter |
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31 Jul 2003 12:27:10 -0700 |
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<address@hidden> writes:
> Paul Eggert schrieb am 30.07.03 22:57:02:
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> > Thanks for the suggestion, but I think it'd be better to have tar
> > automatically decompress when reading archives, without the need for
> > any special option. This would be an even greater convenience, and it
> > should be an upward compatible change.
> >
> Easy! Use this patch.
Thanks, but I'd rather have a solution that works regardless of the file name.
Even if the archive comes from standard input, e.g. "cat foo.tgz | tar xf -",
tar should automatically decompress it.