Re: [Bug-tar] Automatic compression detection patch

[Paul Eggert]

Sebastian Hans <address@hidden> writes:

> First off, this works only on regular files.

Thanks for the suggestion, but we really need a solution that works
for all sorts of inputs, including pipes.  Also, I don't think 'tar'
needs a new option for this: 'tar' should just decompress
automatically, without any need for a user-supplied option.