Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org> writes: > Oh, so the current `tar x` knows to uncompress the file without any > additional options? I've been pointlessly adding 'z', 'j', 'a' for years ...
I wonder whether that's GNU-tar-specific. But we have GNU-isms elsewhere, eg we removed references to "gmake" years ago. If someone is dealing with a tar program that needs the extra option, they probably know what to do. > That means we can remove the `gunzip` line and replace it with nothing. > WFM ... WFM too. The other thing I wonder about is whether the example shouldn't be assuming that you chose the .bz2 file instead of the .gz one. regards, tom lane