From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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Subject: Re: [9fans] netpbm
Date: Fri,  4 Feb 2005 08:54:40 -0700
From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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i liked this when i first saw it and still think it's relevant:

	http://cm.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/intro_to_tools_philosophy_for_*nix_users/index.html

whoever wrote it made a nice job explaining why it's pointless to hack
tar adding z (gzip/gunzip) and j (bzip2/bunzip2) options...