On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 11:48:28 -0500, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 17:24:11 +0800, Afriza N. Arief wrote:
> > $ tar -czf tarball.tgz folder # failed silently (instantly returns)
> > $ tar -cf tarball.tar folder # succeed
> > $ gzip tarball.tar # succeed
> > $ tar -xzf tarball.tar.gz # failed with tar: Child died with signal 11
> > $ unzip tarball.tar.gz # succeed
> > $ tar -xf tarball.tar # succeed
> >
> > How does tar finds the gzip/gunzip/zcat binary to be used?
>
> For testing purposes, you could specify an explicit compression program
> using the -I option...
Also, what does the "Compression options" section of "tar --help" show?
Nathan
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