On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:15:47AM +0900, henry nelson wrote:
> My notes from when I first started Unix 8 or so years ago have
>     gzip -dc somearchive.tar.gz | tar xf -

This is a more backwards-compatible method, and I still need to use this
on Solaris and HP-UX.

>     pax -zrpe -f somearchive.tar.gz
>     tar -zxpf somearchive.tar.gz

These are the same under -current, since tar IS pax.

> Or is it all personal preference?

Yes, I think so.

Ben
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