Stan Brown wrote:
> >> zcat $distfile | ( cd /usr/src | tar --unlink -xvpf - )
> 
>         Wouldn't that be gunzip $distfile | ( cd /usr/src | tar --unlink -xvpf
>         - )
> 
>         ?
> 

Actually, I suppose it would be more correct to phrase it either as:

gunzip -c $distfile | ( cd /usr/src | tar --unlink -xvpf - )

or 

gzip -dc $distfile | ( cd /usr/src | tar --unlink -xvpf - ) 

Since the -c option is required to unzip to standard out.

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