On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:30, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, August 18, 2005 7:18 am, Nick Rout said: > > use bunzip to get a tar then use tar in the normal way, you can pipe it > > too. > > bunzip2 works better :) > > You need to use gunzip for .tar.gz as well with native solaris ( aka brain > dead ) tar. > > Steve I wonder just how old that tar is! GNU tar's used gzip as a library for as long as I've had Linux - SLS was distributed as *.tgz -, and undoubtedly longer.
Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
