UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > GNU tar will not handle it.
> >
> > star will automatically handle all types of
> > compression that may be unpacked with:
> >
> > - compress
> > - gzip
> > - bzip2
> > - lzop
> > - p7zip
>
> That's nice, but it goes against the UNIX(R) phylosophy of stringing together
> a bunch of tools for maximum flexibility.
Many people today incorrectly understand "UNIX philosophy"
It is e.g. not against UNIX philosophy to put libfind into star.
Jörg
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