On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:15:47AM +0900, henry nelson wrote:

> Are there REASONS why a certain archive might be
> unpaked a certain way?
> Or is it all personal preference?

today i will tend to favor pax but tar can
handle pretty everything locally on my boxes.

when you use tar do not use a - before options

for example use : tar zxpf bla.tar

you checked why pax was developped ? ;)
(its name is rather a big hint)

-- 
Gilbert Fernandes