Re: Random idea:

[Adam Sampson <azz@gnu.org>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 01:27:27AM +0000, Adam Sampson wrote:
> (The script's attached; it's a quick wrapper around tar, gzip and bzip2,
> handling multiple archives, letting you do "tart x firstfile.tar.gz
> secondfile.tar thirdfile.tar.bz2" etc.)

D'oh! Forgot to insert the script... here it is.

#!/bin/sh
# tart - an lha-style tar frontend
# Usage: tart [tx] archivefiles ...
# For best effect, "alias x='tart x'; alias t='tart t'" in your sh;
# you can then "x RandomArchive.tar.bz2 somearc.tar.gz"...
# Adam Sampson, azz@gnu.org
todo=$1
shift
for x in $* ; do
	prefix=''
	type=`file -b "$x"`
	if echo $type | grep -q "gzip compressed" ; then
		prefix='gunzip |'
		type=`gunzip <"$x" | file -b -`
	fi
	if echo $type | grep -q "bzip2 compressed" ; then
		prefix='bunzip2 |'
		type=`bunzip2 <"$x" | file -b -`
	fi
	if echo $type | grep -q "tar archive" ; then
		archiver='tar'
	fi
	cmd='echo Uh...'
	case $todo in
	t)
		case $archiver in
		tar)
			cmd='tar tvf -'
			;;
		esac
		;;
	x)
		case $archiver in
		tar)
			cmd='tar xvf -'
			;;
		esac
		;;
	esac
	eval "cat $x | $prefix $cmd"
done

-- 

Adam Sampson
azz@gnu.org