Markus Wichmann dixit: >One way I also find myself using quite often: > >tar xfC filename.tar.gz directory
This one is, I believe, not portable: behind f the filename must be immediately. (Also you forgot z.) An often-seen case of this unportablity is people using 'tar xfz foo.tgz' instead of xzf, which is the one that works (almost) everywhere. >> For now, tar will not do compression. If sbase gains programs to do Just like Solaris ;-) bye, //mirabilos -- <gcc> ncal.c: In function 'parsemonth': warning: comparison between pointer and integer • <mirabilos> ↑ hab da „in function parselmouth“ gelesen <Natureshadow> ICH AUCH! • <Natureshadow> Ich hab gerade gedacht "Häh? Wie, hab da parselmouth gelesen ... steht da doch auch :o?" -- too much fanfic…