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On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:40:08 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> > That hasn't been needed for a long time. Tar is able to detect bzip2 |
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> > and gzip compression and handle it automatically. |
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> That's only true for GNU tar. If you're also dealing with other |
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> systems where you might not have GNU tar, you might be "surprised" |
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> to find that "tar xvf file.tgz" doesn't work. |
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However, this thread is specifically about using tar on /Gentoo, which |
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does use GNU tar. |
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> Hence I think, that it is a good idea to keep on using z or j. |
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That really depends on the level of portability your scripts need. Using |
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z or j is more portable, but also more complex for scripting. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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