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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: star
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:42:22
Message-Id: 2831404.7zBJE4lrJ8@kn.gn.rtr.message-center.info
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: star by Stroller
1 Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 >
4 > On 24 Sep 2007, at 09:30, Alexander Skwar wrote:
5 >> ...
6 >>> and if p7zip supports pipes, you don't need its support in tar.
7 >>> Just pipe
8 >>> from/to it.
9 >>
10 >> It does and that's the way it's supposed to be used on unix, according
11 >> to its manpage.
12 >
13 > GNU tar features the -j, -z and -Z options.
14
15 Yes, bad, isn't it? These options are not part of the Posix standard.
16 It would be good, if these superflous options wouldn't be present at
17 all. I say "superflous", as pipes work just fine.
18
19 > These are much more
20 > convenient than piping,
21
22 No.
23
24 > and it would be nice to see p7zip supported
25 > in the same way.
26
27 No.
28
29 Alexander Skwar
30
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