Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:25:49 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <4252215D.7090303@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <00b701c538ed$25a7b680$6800000a@venti> References: <4243B57D.5050204@freebsd.org><200503261636.j2QGa2ZI055013@gate.bitblocks.com> <20050404002141.2819f386@dolphin.local.net> <00b701c538ed$25a7b680$6800000a@venti>
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Brian K. White wrote: > >> tar: unrecognized option `--use-compress-program=gunzip' > > It is a generically useful option though, being able to specify an > arbitrary compress program ... If you're going to specify the compress/decompress program manually, just use a pipe: <decompress program> | tar <options> <files> is both shorter and more portable. (Assuming, of course, that you don't need accurate blocking. If you do, adding "dd" to the beginning of that line is a modest complication. ;-) Tim
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