Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:11:26 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: David.Bear@asu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar or gnutar Message-ID: <3EE681BE.7060400@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20030610171748.D16347@asu.edu> References: <20030610171748.D16347@asu.edu>
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David Bear wrote: > wondering if the tar packaged with base freebsd is the same as > gnutar.. and possibly issues with versions. FreeBSD uses gnutar, yes: 13-sec# uname -sr FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE 5-sec# /usr/bin/tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > the reason is I have a tarball created on a linux box with the gnutar > that was packaged with it, yet tar tvf ... tells me it doesn't look > like a tar archive, and quits... yuck. any advice? Was the tarball compressed, gziped, or whatever? Try "tar ztf _file_"...
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