Steve wrote:
> 
>   Hmmm... maybe untar is an alias for 'tar -x(v)zf'

Almost.  untar is a script that handles both ordinary tar 
files and gzipped tar files.  The gzipped ones end up here:
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zcat $1 | tar -xvf -
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The tar in busybox does not have a -z parameter.

Cheers,
Steven


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