On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:28:30PM +0100, Axel Scheepers, Operations Via NET.Works NL wrote:

> Tar evolved over time, supporting more options step by step.  Things
> like -C <directory> et al might not have been available in the
> original (Sixth Edition Unix?) version, hence you would have to use
> the somewhat more verbal version; gzip -dc arc.tar.gz | ( cd
> /some/where; tar -xf - )

change the ; to a && in case the cd fails...

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