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Re: sort --compress-program option
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: sort --compress-program option |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:12:00 +0100 |
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.