GNU tar accepts an external program to perform compression, via the option --use-compress-program. I'd normally want pigz if it's available, but if not, fallback to gzip. Is there a compact way to get represent this? Yes!
which --skip-alias --skip-functions pigz gzip 2>/dev/null | head -1
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Monday, March 27, 2017
What is a @dataProvider?
I'm asked about data providers almost every time I introduce a developer to PHPUnit. Once you understand them, they're quite clear, but on first pass they seem to give developers pause.
So what are they? Practically, a data provider is any static method that produces an array of arrays. The outer array...
