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Re: master 6d6bf46 2/2: Make dired-do-compress work for *.tar.gz files


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: master 6d6bf46 2/2: Make dired-do-compress work for *.tar.gz files
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:11:46 +0300

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:35:13 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> >     gzip -dc example.tar.gz | tar -x
> > Yes (except that you could use gunzip.)
> 
> I suggest sticking with "gzip -d" rather than relying on "gunzip", as some 
> installations install gzip without also installing gunzip, and this has 
> bitten 
> users of other GNU programs.

Fine with me.  I've suggested gunzip only because AFAIK we already use
it in Dired.



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