a different directory as the extraction target, and to unpack only a
subset of the archive's members.
-A tarfile's compression can be autodetected by
-using the mode \code{'r|*'}.
+The compression used for a tarfile opened in stream mode can now be
+autodetected using the mode \code{'r|*'}.
% patch 918101
(Contributed by Lars Gust\"abel.)
The author would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
-article: Nick Coghlan, Phillip J. Eby, Raymond Hettinger, Ralf
+article: Nick Coghlan, Phillip J. Eby, Lars Gust\"abel, Raymond Hettinger, Ralf
W. Grosse-Kunstleve, Kent Johnson, Martin von~L\"owis, Fredrik Lundh,
Gustavo Niemeyer, James Pryor, Mike Rovner, Scott Weikart, Barry
Warsaw, Thomas Wouters.