Its a GNU Tar feature (z means file is gzipped or should be gzipped)
Matt Soffen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Prospero, Esteban" [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 10:22 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: qmail, ucsi-tcp & inetd
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> What is the z option for? my Solaris tar doesn't understand it...
>
>
> Esteban Javier Prospero
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Nelson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 11:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: qmail, ucsi-tcp & inetd
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> > tar xfz ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
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> tar xzf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
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> Not really. Tar is one of those inconsistent commands, like find,
> or
> dd. When you specify options that have parameters, the parameters
> have to follow, but merely in the same order. Options that don't
> have
> parameters can appear in any order.
>
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