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Re: [Bug-tar] feature request: access to archive members by applications
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Hansjoerg Lipp |
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Re: [Bug-tar] feature request: access to archive members by applications like grep, md5sum, ... |
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Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:59:44 +0100 |
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 10:00:24PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Hansjoerg Lipp <address@hidden> wrote:
> > It introduces the operation mode 'E' (for execute) which executes a
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> It is a really bad idea to reuse option letters that arer already used
> by other tar implementations for many years.
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> Solaris tar uses -E since 1997......
I don't mind choosing another letter. I'd prefer some letter which is
easy to remember, though. Is "D" for "do" or "a" for "action" okay? No
better idea at the moment...
Regards, Hansjoerg