Re: UNIX command help

From: Alex (fletchra@qsilver.queensu.ca)
Date: 02/19/02


> I always thought that using '-z' made more sense then piping it through
> gzip.
only works on gnu's version of tar.  which doesn't exist on every platform
-- many have a default of the non-gnu version.

Ae.

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