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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch
- From: Michael Taylor <tcm AT adelphia.net>
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- Subject: Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch
- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 18:14:46 -0500
I'm still in favor of using bzcat test.tar.bz2 | tar -xv. Of course, I'm
quite used to typing it ever since since Redhat started the joy with tar
and bzip two years ago.
Or was it Debian?
At 14:51 11/04/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Yeah, I'm thinking I'll have to change it to use --use as well. I don't
>know which is worse, no documentation or contradictory documentation.
>On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 14:39, Simon Middleton wrote:
>> > Bah. Perhaps it want's the --bzip after the -c... hmmm
>>
>> I think it will accept --bzip -z -v -f, ie it seems like if you give a long
>> form then it needs the others separated by whitespace.
>>
>> However to add to the fun the tar --help output and man details are out of
>> sync on my system - don't know if it's really like that or whether it is a
>> dodgy install.
>>
>> --help says use --bzip2, --bunzip2 or -y
>> man page says use --bzip, -j or -I
>>
>> It looks to me like they are all supported except -j and -I.
>>
>> They also both say that --use-compress-program works.
>>
>> Bearing in mind the problem of updating from the old version I think maybe
>> using --use might be the best.
>>
>> -- Simon
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[SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Michael Taylor, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Dufflebunk, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Simon Middleton, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Dufflebunk, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Eric Sandall, 11/04/2002
- Documentation (Was: Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch), Michael Taylor, 11/04/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch, Michael Taylor, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Eric Sandall, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Dufflebunk, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Simon Middleton, 11/04/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]scribe is still acting up with the --bzip switch,
Dufflebunk, 11/04/2002
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