Problem with Archiving .tar

[Mark Nichols]

On 10/30/07, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>
> Chris Lemire wrote:
>
> > tar doesn't use compression. It just creates archives. If you want
> > compression, you should use bzip2 or gzip in combination with tar.
>
> Why deliberately try to confuse users?  Of course tar uses compression.
>
> $ tar --help | egrep "\-[zj]"
>       --no-ignore-command-error   treat non-zero exit codes of children as
>   -i, --ignore-zeros         ignore zeroed blocks in archive (means EOF)
>   -j, --bzip2                filter the archive through bzip2
>   -z, --gzip, --gunzip, --ungzip   filter the archive through gzip
>
> Oh - looks like tar uses compression...


Actually it looks like tar has the ability to filter its output  _through_
bzip2 or gzip.  Tar in an off itself doesn't do compression.

mark
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