On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 23:27:16 +0000, Joerg Schilling wrote:

> In article <x7wuesu88v.fsf@bolo.xenadyne.com>,
> Sean Burke <burke_sp31415@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>>give the resulting file the .tgz extension.
>>
>>> I get an error when I try to tar -cvzf a file, saying the z in not a valid
>>> variable. Does this mean I need to install GNUgzip?
>>
>>It means you need to install gnu tar, or use
>>the method
>
> GNU tar does not create standard compliant TAR archives, use star instead:

Of course, 1) No one cares it's not "std. compliant" as it's real life
compliant. 2) star has't fixed a bunch of the ways you can attack tar that
have been fixed in GNU tar for a long time. 3) star's command line is
annoyingly different.

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