On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 04:54, Rendhalver [Peter Brown] wrote:
SY> In...
SY> ,----[ tar --version ]
SY> | tar (GNU tar) 1.13
SY> |
SY> | Copyright (C) 1988, 92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 1999 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
SY> | This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
SY> | warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SY> |
SY> | Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
SY> `----
SY> ...The TeXinfo docs do *NOT* mention the --bzip switch either. The
SY> man page mentions -y, --bzip2, and --unbzip2.
SY> It would seem that --bzip is recognised as a valid option...
SY> ,----[ tar --bzip ]
SY> | tar: option `--bzip' requires an argument
SY> | Try `tar --help' for more information.
SY> `----
SY> Incidently, 'tar --help' mentions -y, --bzip2, and --unbzip2, but
SY> *not* --bzip.
SY> Anyway, I digress, the real problem is that it doesn't work. Which is
SY> why I changed it to '-y' in the first place.
Have you tried -j ?
It works with my version of tar
Whoo, what a mess. Wonder what's The Right Thing. -j looks promising
to me too.
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