"BeefStu BeefStu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using GNU tar version 1.05 - AK/SSB on a Windows_NT machine,within MKS > (korn shell) and trying to utilize the -z flag for compression and I get the > following error (see below) > > > $ gtar -czvf backup.gtz *.avt > : MSDOS can't use compressed or remote archives > > > Is this a bug in gtar? If so, how comes since I am running within a KSH
It's a missing feature. You may like to use star instead ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/aplha/ Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
