bug in gnu tar

[Mike Andrews]

the following hangs at last file in archive:

cat testarchive.tar.Z | tar tf - -z

so i guess using gzip feature does not work simultaneously with stdin. the
workaround is:

cat testarchive.tar.Z | gzip -d | tar tf -

Mike Andrews
Bell Labs 3L-401
Lucent Technologies
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
(908) 582-2274 office
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