Robert Waldner wrote: > Also, is there a possibility to find out (rather than trying through > tar tv(Iz)) if a tape is tar.gz, tar.bz2 or plain tar? use the file command file <file> will tell you what kind of file the system thinks <file> is nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ aphro@aphroland.org