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authorAntonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es>2010-03-02 18:41:41 +0200
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2010-03-02 18:44:25 +0200
commitbffe1074aab0bd180b6b522f07f951f73ef59191 (patch)
tree20d10d7f86373eb6f8254d8c49a689b8d5bc3329 /doc
parent9a3e8a6f4374901c386821a0e08184f369141df4 (diff)
downloadtar-bffe1074aab0bd180b6b522f07f951f73ef59191.tar.gz
Add Lzip support
* configure.ac: Add TAR_COMPR_PROGRAM(lzip) * doc/tar.texi: Reflect lzip support. * src/buffer.c (compress_type) <ct_lzip>: New constant. (magic): Add magic for lzip. * src/suffix.c (compression_suffixes): Add lz. * src/tar.c: New option --lzip.
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index abc81df3..ed8e5264 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -2820,6 +2820,12 @@ backup, using @var{snapshot-file} to determine which files to backup.
With other operations, informs @command{tar} that the archive is in
incremental format. @xref{Incremental Dumps}.
+@opsummary{lzip}
+@item --lzip
+
+This option tells @command{tar} to read or write archives through
+@command{lzip}. @xref{gzip}.
+
@opsummary{lzma}
@item --lzma
@@ -8628,21 +8634,23 @@ switch to @samp{posix}.
@cindex gzip
@cindex bzip2
+@cindex lzip
@cindex lzma
@cindex lzop
@cindex compress
@GNUTAR{} is able to create and read compressed archives. It supports
-@command{gzip}, @command{bzip2}, @command{lzma} and @command{lzop} compression
-programs. For backward compatibility, it also supports
-@command{compress} command, although we strongly recommend against
-using it, because it is by far less effective than other compression
-programs@footnote{It also had patent problems in the past.}.
+@command{gzip}, @command{bzip2}, @command{lzip}, @command{lzma} and
+@command{lzop} compression programs. For backward compatibility, it
+also supports @command{compress} command, although we strongly recommend
+against using it, because it is by far less effective than 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
commands. The compression option is @option{-z} (@option{--gzip}) to
create a @command{gzip} compressed archive, @option{-j}
(@option{--bzip2}) to create a @command{bzip2} compressed archive,
+@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
@@ -8739,6 +8747,7 @@ suffix. The following suffixes are recognized:
@item @samp{.tz2} @tab @command{bzip2}
@item @samp{.tbz2} @tab @command{bzip2}
@item @samp{.tbz} @tab @command{bzip2}
+@item @samp{.lz} @tab @command{lzip}
@item @samp{.lzma} @tab @command{lzma}
@item @samp{.tlz} @tab @command{lzma}
@item @samp{.lzo} @tab @command{lzop}
@@ -8796,6 +8805,10 @@ Filter the archive through @code{xz}. Otherwise like
@itemx --bzip2
Filter the archive through @code{bzip2}. Otherwise like @option{--gzip}.
+@opindex lzip
+@item --lzip
+Filter the archive through @command{lzip}. Otherwise like @option{--gzip}.
+
@opindex lzma
@item --lzma
Filter the archive through @command{lzma}. Otherwise like @option{--gzip}.