Script Help?

[Keary Suska]

on 11/4/02 8:54 PM, drewlane@qwest.net purportedly said:

>> What happens when you remove the "-" from the first command options:
>> tar xzOf $pkg ./control.tar.gz
> Doesn't make any difference.
> 
> The only way I've been able to get this script working is to put the first
> command on a seperate line and write a physical file and then read it in
> on the next line.
> 
> I don't understand why the behaviour of tar is different on RH than on YDL?

If the tar version is the same for both, and you are using the same shell
(and same version) on both, it shouldn't matter. If there is a version
difference in tar, you could install the RH version and see the same
behavior.

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"