On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:41:16PM -0800, Andy R wrote:
> Yeah, but correct me if I'm wrong, -y is an invalid
> option to tar in NetBSD/i386 1.5.2. I do see it in
> FreeBSD though.
I use -z quite happily for both .gz and .bz2 files
(on NetBSD), and I think on FreeBSD -z is suitable for .gz,
and -y for .bz2 ones.

(I didn't follow the thread, I'm answering in the middle
without reading whole mail)

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