On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 11:22:28AM -0300, "Pr�spero, Esteban" wrote:
> What is the z option for? my Solaris tar doesn't understand it...

The z option says 'decompress'.

If your Solaris doesn't get it, this is a pretty generic one:

gzip -cd ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz | tar xf -

Greetz, Peter.
-- 
Peter van Dijk - student/sysadmin/ircoper/madly in love/pretending coder 
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