Project DevPkg: TAR_SH won't work for files in bz2 format

[presmihaylov]

learn-c-the-hard-way-lectures/ex41/devpkg/commands.c

Line 98 in 56b2570

rc = Shell_exec(TAR_SH, "FILE", TAR_BZ2_SRC, NULL);

The options provided to tar are meant for dealing with gzip format, not bz2.

If a fetch is executed against a bz2 file, then the program will fail to extract it properly.

[zedshaw]

Hmmmmm, so you'd either have to look at the extension then pick, or find a common "just extract it tar" option. Any suggestions?

[presmihaylov]

Maybe you can use the universal -x flag, which extracts the archive despite its format.