That method is about two dozen characters too cumbersome.
Way easier is just forget 'z' (and 'f') and do:
bunzip2 < your.interesting.tar.bz2 | tar tvv
The question begun as `` Shall the mirrors be required to always
carry both GZ and BZ2 files, or shall only one of the forms be
standardized into use ? If the latter, which ? ''
If the primary archive chooses to have ONLY BZ2 files, and no GZ,
I would have no trouble (I would even like it for space reasons), but
given the selection in between two existing sets of files, each complete
in themselves, I am conservative and support long established GZ format
based on existing easy to use, and familiar (to large number of people)
tools.
Doubling the disk-space requirement for the mirror by having two merely
differently compressed formats is not something mirror runners like, as
both subsets have size exceeding 2 GB, storing both of them into the
archive is by no means a trivial thing to do. We do have to choose what
to store/mirror, and there a 2G volume is a decission item.
Another issue is that in Finland all major (and minor) ISPs offer flat-
rate dialin services rendering the question about download time quite
irrelevant in here...
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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