--format=xz is always accepted on archive write and recognized on archive read
below $path is $PATH with the xz installation dir elided (t) PATH=$path pax -wvf t.txz -x xz ~/.profile pax: t.txz: cannot execute xz filter (t) xPATH=$path pax -wvf t.txz -x xz ~/.profile /home/gsf/.profile 1 file, 30 blocks (t) PATH=$path pax -vf t.txz pax: t.txz: xz: command required to read compressed archive (t) xPATH=$path pax -vf t.txz t.txz in xz pax format -rw-r--r-- 1 gsf gsf 11651 May 25 00:54 /home/gsf/.profile 1 file, 30 blocks On Fri, 25 May 2012 21:15:39 +0200 Lionel Cons wrote: > On 24 May 2012 22:33, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > this will be in the next release > > it requires the standalone xz command to do the (de)compression > Thanks. Have you checked that pax fails gracefully if xz support is > enabled but someone deinstalled te xz package? _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
