> I would suggest a subset of POSIX tar options. It could be possibly > amended with "z", "Z", "j" and "J" options, though using > > A $ tar c dirname | gzip -9c > filename.tar.gz > > or > > A $ tar cf - dirname | gzip -9c > filename.tar.gz
I usually use:
gunzip < file.tar.gz | tar xf -
