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Re: resolution of the tar -I issue
From: |
Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo |
Subject: |
Re: resolution of the tar -I issue |
Date: |
09 Jan 2001 22:18:21 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 |
Bernd Eckenfels <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:08:23PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
>
> <depricating -I in Debian Package>
>
> > sounds very good.
>
> besides that -j ("junkzip"?) is NON-DESCRIPTIVE at all. -Z or -2 would be
> better... but thats an Upstream Issue I guess.
-Z is for piping through compress, and is (I believe) legacy
compatible to a number of proprietary tars.
-[0-7][lmh] specify drive and density
I'm not sure exactly what that's for, but it does rule out -2. It
kinda sucks when you completely run out of single character
options. %-)