On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 01:27:27AM +0000, Adam Sampson wrote:
> (The script's attached; it's a quick wrapper around tar, gzip and bzip2,
> handling multiple archives, letting you do "tart x firstfile.tar.gz
> secondfile.tar thirdfile.tar.bz2" etc.)
D'oh! Forgot to insert the script... here it is.
#!/bin/sh
# tart - an lha-style tar frontend
# Usage: tart [tx] archivefiles ...
# For best effect, "alias x='tart x'; alias t='tart t'" in your sh;
# you can then "x RandomArchive.tar.bz2 somearc.tar.gz"...
# Adam Sampson, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
todo=$1
shift
for x in $* ; do
prefix=''
type=`file -b "$x"`
if echo $type | grep -q "gzip compressed" ; then
prefix='gunzip |'
type=`gunzip <"$x" | file -b -`
fi
if echo $type | grep -q "bzip2 compressed" ; then
prefix='bunzip2 |'
type=`bunzip2 <"$x" | file -b -`
fi
if echo $type | grep -q "tar archive" ; then
archiver='tar'
fi
cmd='echo Uh...'
case $todo in
t)
case $archiver in
tar)
cmd='tar tvf -'
;;
esac
;;
x)
case $archiver in
tar)
cmd='tar xvf -'
;;
esac
;;
esac
eval "cat $x | $prefix $cmd"
done
--
Adam Sampson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
