Re: sort --compress-program option

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Here's the patch I promised to have a --compress-program option to sort.
> It doesn't address the other issues we have about compression, just the
> user interface, but that's the most pressing issue we have right now.
>
> 2007-02-19  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
>
>       * NEWS: sort now uses a --compress-program option rather than
>       an environment variable.
>       * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document this.
>       * src/sort.c (usage): Likewise.
>       (COMPRESS_PROGRAM_OPTION): New const.
>       (long_options, create_temp, main): Support new option.
>       * tests/misc/sort-compress: Test it.

Thanks!
Applied.