From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master 6d6bf46 2/2: Make dired-do-compress work for *.tar.gz files Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:11:46 +0300 Message-ID: <83eggu6bel.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20151013135354.28594.43074@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <87io69opbs.fsf@gmail.com> <83bnc083k3.fsf@gnu.org> <871tcvks7o.fsf@gmail.com> <83si5b54m9.fsf@gnu.org> <56211931.2020003@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1445011938 17126 80.91.229.3 (16 Oct 2015 16:12:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, ohwoeowho@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 16 18:12:09 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7bn-0001yq-9I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:11:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54775 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7bm-00052K-DB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:11:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39987) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7bi-00051Y-5D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:11:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7bd-00087A-G8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:11:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:44648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7bd-00086Y-8V; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:11:45 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NWB00700M3AE900@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:14:53 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NWB007HWMGT7T10@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:14:53 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <56211931.2020003@cs.ucla.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:191776 Archived-At: > Cc: rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:35:13 -0700 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> > gzip -dc example.tar.gz | tar -x > > Yes (except that you could use gunzip.) > > I suggest sticking with "gzip -d" rather than relying on "gunzip", as some > installations install gzip without also installing gunzip, and this has bitten > users of other GNU programs. Fine with me. I've suggested gunzip only because AFAIK we already use it in Dired.