Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: design AT netcom DOT com (Chris Waters)
Subject: Re: Why not to use 'tar' before packing DJGPP?
Message-ID: <designE0o4ts.JJt@netcom.com>
Organization: Design and Delivery
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Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 19:01:04 GMT
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In article <563edu$ch5$1 AT ns DOT felk DOT cvut DOT cz>,
Ondrej 'Moon Shade' Sury <shade AT atrey DOT karlin DOT mff DOT cuni DOT cz> wrote:
>Chris Waters (design AT netcom DOT com) wrote:
>> [infozip]  unzip zipfile
>> [pkzip]    pkunzip -d zipfile
>> [tar+gzip] gunzip -c tarfile.gz | tar -xf -
>>  or        gunzip tarfile.gz <enter> tar -xf tarfile
>   or        tar -xzf tarfile.gz

Only for some versions of tar--some will insist on running uncompress or
unpack with the `z' switch, others don't even have a `z' switch.  Though
anyone who can get gzip can probably get GNU tar as well, I admit.  :-)