[wp-testers] Nightly Builds/WinZip Replacement

[Doug Stewart]

tsykoduk wrote:
> Or, simply
> 
> gzip -d foo.tar.gz
> 
> and then
> 
> tar -cvf foo.tar
> 
> Not the most elegant method - but I have never had it fail on any linux 
> box. My Macs automagically uncompress and untar the tarballs, so it's 
> super easy there.
> 

The problem with that is that you're then left with an uncompressed .tar 
file sitting on your disk, taking up extra space.  The one step process 
(or, if you count using pipes as cheating, two step) process has the 
distinct advantage of leaving the .tar.gz file untouched and unexpanded.

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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
dstewart at atl.lmco.com