Hi, On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:02:12PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > Its customary file extension is ".zst", while some tools use ".tzst" as a > shorthand for ".tar.zst". [...] > diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1 > index f5c1fca..b140446 100644 > --- a/doc/tar.1 > +++ b/doc/tar.1 > @@ -828,6 +828,10 @@ Filter the archive through > \fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-compress\fR, \fB\-\-uncompress\fR > Filter the archive through > .BR compress (1). > +.TP > +\fB\-\-zstd\fR > +Filter the archive through > +.BR zstd (1). > .SS Local file selection > .TP > \fB\-\-add\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Could this be extended to include the following change, please:
diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
index f2ccf0b..70ad107 100644
--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@ failure during backup to a remote device.
.BR lzop (1),
.BR rmt (8),
.BR symlink (7),
-.BR xz (1).
+.BR xz (1),
+.BR zstd (1).
.PP
Complete \fBtar\fR manual: run
.B info tar
[...]
> diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
> index 64d1268..a5f66e0 100644
> --- a/doc/tar.texi
> +++ b/doc/tar.texi
> @@ -3713,6 +3713,10 @@ only attributes from the user namespace.
> @itemx -J
> Use @command{xz} for compressing or decompressing the archives. @xref{gzip}.
>
> +@opsummary{zstd}
> +@item --zstd
> +Use @command{zstd} for compressing or decompressing the archives.
> @xref{gzip}.
> +
> @end table
>
> @node Short Option Summary
> @@ -9569,6 +9573,7 @@ switch to @samp{posix}.
> @cindex lzma
> @cindex lzop
> @cindex compress
> +@cindex zstd
> @GNUTAR{} is able to create and read compressed archives. It supports
> a wide variety of compression programs, namely: @command{gzip},
> @command{bzip2}, @command{lzip}, @command{lzma}, @command{lzop},
> @@ -9585,8 +9590,9 @@ create a @command{gzip} compressed archive, @option{-j}
> @option{--lzip} to create an @asis{lzip} compressed archive,
> @option{-J} (@option{--xz}) to create an @asis{XZ} archive,
> @option{--lzma} to create an @asis{LZMA} compressed
> -archive, @option{--lzop} to create an @asis{LSOP} archive, and
> -@option{-Z} (@option{--compress}) to use @command{compress} program.
> +archive, @option{--lzop} to create an @asis{LSOP} archive,
> +@option{-Z} (@option{--compress}) to use @command{compress} program,
> +and @option{--zstd} to create a @asis{ZSTD} archive.
> For example:
>
> @smallexample
> @@ -9779,6 +9785,8 @@ suffix. The following suffixes are recognized:
> @item @samp{.tlz} @tab @command{lzma}
> @item @samp{.lzo} @tab @command{lzop}
> @item @samp{.xz} @tab @command{xz}
> +@item @samp{.zst} @tab @command{zstd}
> +@item @samp{.tzst} @tab @command{zstd}
> @end multitable
>
> @anchor{use-compress-program}
Could this be extended to include the following change, please:
diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index 7581a0e..74a3b3a 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -9534,10 +9534,11 @@ switch to @samp{posix}.
@GNUTAR{} is able to create and read compressed archives. It supports
a wide variety of compression programs, namely: @command{gzip},
@command{bzip2}, @command{lz4}, @command{lzip}, @command{lzma},
-@command{lzop}, @command{xz} and traditional @command{compress}.
-The latter is supported mostly for backward compatibility, and we recommend
-against using it, because it is by far less effective than the other
-compression programs@footnote{It also had patent problems in the past.}.
+@command{lzop}, @command{xz}, @command{zstd}, and traditional
+@command{compress}. The latter is supported mostly for backward
+compatibility, and we recommend against using it, because it is by far
+less effective than the other compression programs@footnote{It also
+had patent problems in the past.}.
Creating a compressed archive is simple: you just specify a
@dfn{compression option} along with the usual archive creation
@@ -9681,6 +9682,10 @@ Filter the archive through @command{lzma}.
@item --lzop
Filter the archive through @command{lzop}.
+@opindex zstd
+@item --zstd
+Filter the archive through @command{zstd}.
+
@opindex compress
@opindex uncompress
@item -Z
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