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diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index a81851b3..665f34c6 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -3977,7 +3977,7 @@ successfully. For example, @w{@samp{tar --version}} might print: @smallexample tar (GNU tar) @value{VERSION} -Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. @@ -9552,8 +9552,8 @@ switch to @samp{posix}. @GNUTAR{} is able to create and read compressed archives. It supports a wide variety of compression programs, namely: @command{gzip}, @command{bzip2}, @command{lzip}, @command{lzma}, @command{lzop}, -@command{xz} and traditional @command{compress}. The latter is -supported mostly for backward compatibility, and we recommend +@command{zstd}, @command{xz} and traditional @command{compress}. The +latter is supported mostly for backward compatibility, and we recommend against using it, because it is by far less effective than the other compression programs@footnote{It also had patent problems in the past.}. @@ -9694,6 +9694,10 @@ Filter the archive through @command{lzma}. @item --lzop Filter the archive through @command{lzop}. +@opindex zstd +@item --zstd +Filter the archive through @command{zstd}. + @opindex compress @opindex uncompress @item -Z |