[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #566: Support compressed (tar.gz) testsuite data

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#566: Support compressed (tar.gz) testsuite data
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  Reporter:  knarf        |       Owner:                     
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  review             
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:  ET_2011_11         
 Component:  Cactus       |     Version:  development version
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                     
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Comment (by eschnett):

 Reducing the number of files is probably a good idea. Ideally, one could
 use HDF5 to combine various output files into one; lacking support for
 this, tar.gz seems like an easy solution.

 One cannot use "tar" in a script, since "tar" may not be a good tar
 implementation. One should use gnutar or gtar if they are available, and
 one some platforms one explicitly has to look for a good tar.

 Why is there a "why?" comment in the patch? The need for this line seems
 obvious.

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