tar or gtar

Sherman, Michael (GE Energy) michael.sherman at og.ge.com
Tue Jul 12 11:49:18 GMT 2005


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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