Roger Fischer [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > If I understand correctly... > Even though the gzip utility understands tar.Z, it doesn't meant the > tar understands .Z. > > When you run "tar -xzf" tar expects a gzip format file and does the > unzip itself. I don't think it actually executes the gzip command. > > "tar -xzf" is not equal to "gunzip -c file.Z | tar -xf -"
I've never had problems with tar -xzf on .Z files, in Darwin, or on any other modern UNIX. -- Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://ranger.befunk.com/ "Speaking of goats, I had that dream again..." -- Wally to Chopper, on "Let's Bowl" _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
