On Tuesday 07 December 2010 14:53:10 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > When extracting, GNU tar is smart enough to recognize the compression > type, if any, without being told. This capability has been in place for > several years.
Learn something new every day! I've been using the specific option for so long, it's second nature. Didn't mean to be misleading. Mayhap I encounter versions of tar that don't grok what they're reading.... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
