Hi Kevin, Yes, I have, but I am much more familiar with tar. I think I will go with the latest gnu tar (v 1.18) which is suggested by Bruce. I will play with it tomorrow and see how it goes.
Thanks. Tena [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Grittner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 8/21/2007 6:02 PM To: Tena Sakai; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] tar, but not gnu tar >>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 7:28 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tena Sakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On my linux machine, gnu tar is the tar. Does > anybody have a suggestion as to where I can go > to get a tar that is not gnu? Have you considered using cpio instead? http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/ -Kevin