Re: [Bug-tar] (no subject)

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> Thar gtar program backs up the file properly when used as below ..
> 
> gtar -cvZP --file=/dev/rct0  /usr4
> 
[...]
> The commands used for listing the files in the archive were ..
> 
> gtar -tv --file=/dev/rct0
> gtar -t -v -f /dev/rct0
> gtar --list --file=/dev/rct0
> 

If you have used compression option when creating the archive,
you should use it when listing and extracting the archive as well.
Run

  gtar tfvZ /dev/rct0

Regards,
Sergey