From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: non-interactive extracting the contents of a tar-file Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:47:54 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119873619 18076 80.91.229.2 (27 Jun 2005 12:00:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 27 14:00:09 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DmsHT-0004xx-V1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:00:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DmsP6-0004di-Ry for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:07:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DmsIL-0001YW-V7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DmsID-0001VV-Nx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:00:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DmsIB-0001Hq-Vc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:00:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.76.162.229] (helo=world1.sdm.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dms9z-0005ox-LG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:52:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mucns1.muc.sdm.de ([193.102.180.22]) by world1.sdm.de (MTA) via esmtp id 1Dms5k-0004t6-NG; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:47:56 +0200 Original-Received: by mucns1.muc.sdm.de (MTA) via esmtp from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=sdmmail1.sdm.de) id 1Dms5k-00068G-LS; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:47:56 +0200 Original-Received: from mucmail1.sdm.de ([193.102.180.175]) by sdmmail1.sdm.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:47:55 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: non-interactive extracting the contents of a tar-file Thread-Index: AcV7DBu3vw0/7l+CRC6O3VcyaUyfVgAAXgDA Original-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Jun 2005 11:47:55.0989 (UTC) FILETIME=[0EE9D050:01C57B0E] X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:27670 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27670 Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE wrote: > Am 27.06.2005 um 13:11 schrieb Klaus Berndl: >=20 >> Hmm, i forgot to mention that i want it do without external programs >> like tar and gz! >>=20 >=20 > I don't believe this could work. GNU Emacs needs external programmes > like bzip2, gunzip, etc. to unpack the contents from a compressed > file.=20 >=20 > You can proof that yourself: rename the decompressors and try to open > a compressed tar file! Hmm, yes, indeed, seems to be right... The emulation of tar in = tar-mode.el leads me to the (wrong) assumption that this is also possible for *.gz = files.... Appaerently a wrong assumption ;-) Ciao, Klaus