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Re: Suggestion for GNU tar

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From: Lawrence R. Dodd
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:15
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>>>>> "System" == System Operator <root@osnome.che.wisc.edu> writes:

  System> It would be nice if GNU tar could be configured to support gzip compression
  System> as well as "compress" compression.

there is a patch to gtar for gzip support in
/roebling.poly.edu:/pub/gzip-gtar-1.11.1.patch and probably is in
prep.ai.mit.edu and also in with gzip.
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From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
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Subject: Re: Suggestion for GNU tar
Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:15:13 -0500
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