Re: [Bug-tar] tarcolor

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Marc,

> Hi all,I wanted to share a small Perl program I wrote called tarcolor
> that colorizes the output of `tar tvf`

Thanks for your work.

> It uses regular expressions to parse the output and colorize it. I
> wonder if color output would be a useful feature for GNU tar? I'd
> be willing to take a stab at a patch, if it's something people
> would like.

Thanks, but I don't think it is necessary.  I'd like to keep any
presentational issues outside of tar.  It is complex enough already.

> On the other hand, if it's something that would just
> increase the size of the executable or create a maintenance burden,
> then I'm fine with keeping it as a separate tool.

Yes, please.  I believe it is the best way.

Regards,
Sergey