From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: .tar.gz 28 Jul 1997 21:46:00 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199707290358.NAA31012.cygnus.gnu-win32@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <199707280224.MAA02916@rdirs7.hrl.com.au> <199707280923.TAA12004@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) writes: >In article <199707280923.TAA12004@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, >Fergus Henderson wrote: >>> gunzip -c file.tar.gz | tar xf - >> >>Last time I checked (version b17.1), this did not work, >>because pipes were opened in text mode, not binary mode. >>Instead I had to use >> >> gunzip file.tar.gz >> tar xf - file.tar >> >>Has this changed since b17.1? > >I don't think so. But using the 'z' option to gnutar works as it >always has: Yes, but the 'z' option to tar is not portable, so I can't use that. :-( -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".