Re: bunzip2 -c linux-2.2.10.tar.bz2 | untar -xvp

CaT (cat@zip.com.au)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:33:40 +1000

On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 03:32:57PM +0000, Myles Uyema wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, CaT wrote:
> > There is a patch ont he bzip2 homepage that lets tar use bzip2 when used
> > with the -y switch just like it would use gzip when used with -z.
>
> GNU tar 1.12 already uses the -I switch (capital i) for using bzip2
> compression. Long options are --bzip2 or --bunzip2.

Nope. That's just a different patch applied to tar that does the same
thing. There exist two patches. One sets up -y and one sets up -I.

Personally, if bzip2 handling goes into tar officially I prefer -y.
Easier to type. :)

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CaT (cat@zip.com.au)                    URL: http://zipper.zip.com.au/dev/null




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