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Date:      Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:48:58 -0400
From:      "Sherman, Michael \(GE Energy\)" <michael.sherman@og.ge.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   tar or gtar
Message-ID:  <9CC5C6311E4BBB45BF135CAF2B9B6DB4014AC60E@SCHMLVEM04.e2k.ad.ge.com>

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Hi all.

I am running 5.3. I noticed that by default the BSD tar is used. Are =
there any advantages of gtar over tar? If so which ones? Also which =
compression switch is more efficient -z or -Z ?

Thanks in advance.



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