Paul Eggert wrote: > On 08/02/10 02:39, Karel Klic wrote: > > While --name might be useful when compressing a file, I think it should > > not be enabled by default for pipes > > But the patch you proposed doesn't check for pipes. It disables saving > time stamps when no file arguments are given. This would mean > that "gzip <file1 >file1.gz" would not record FILE1's time stamp.
Should it? That example looks to me like gzip is being used as a filter. If I wanted it to save file1's timestamp, I would have used the "gzip file1" form. > > The user suggests that --name is less useful than having the possibility > > of comparing checksums even when compressing a file > > The user can employ "gzip -n" when compressing. That enables the > desired behavior, and it works now. I know that. I'm wondering if anyone still relies on gzip saving the metadata by default or it is (as I suspect) a historical relic that is doing more harm than good. None of the command-line frontends for newer compression algorithms (bzip2, xz) do this. -- Matt
