Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@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