Bob Goodwin wrote: Here's how it's supposed to work... [jmccarty@Presario-1 KT-135]$ mkdir check-tar [jmccarty@Presario-1 KT-135]$ cd check-tar [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ cp -p ../MVC* . [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ ls MVC-001S.JPG MVC-008S.JPG MVC-012S.JPG MVC-017S.JPG MVC-021S.JPG MVC-002S.JPG MVC-009S.JPG MVC-013S.JPG MVC-018S.JPG MVC-006S.JPG MVC-010S.JPG MVC-014S.JPG MVC-019S.JPG MVC-007S.JPG MVC-011S.JPG MVC-015S.JPG MVC-020S.JPG [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ ls -l total 680 -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 31974 Feb 6 2006 MVC-001S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 35957 Feb 6 2006 MVC-002S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 41188 Feb 6 2006 MVC-006S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 38881 Feb 6 2006 MVC-007S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 34387 Feb 6 2006 MVC-008S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 39823 Feb 6 2006 MVC-009S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 27970 Feb 6 2006 MVC-010S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 23362 Feb 6 2006 MVC-011S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 28437 Feb 6 2006 MVC-012S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 24928 Feb 6 2006 MVC-013S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 28323 Feb 6 2006 MVC-014S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 49698 Feb 6 2006 MVC-015S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 44635 Feb 6 2006 MVC-017S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 50255 Feb 6 2006 MVC-018S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 49337 Feb 6 2006 MVC-019S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 46651 Feb 6 2006 MVC-020S.JPG -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 49368 Feb 6 2006 MVC-021S.JPG [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ tar czf images.tar.gz * [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ tar tzf images.tar.gz MVC-001S.JPG MVC-002S.JPG MVC-006S.JPG MVC-007S.JPG MVC-008S.JPG MVC-009S.JPG MVC-010S.JPG MVC-011S.JPG MVC-012S.JPG MVC-013S.JPG MVC-014S.JPG MVC-015S.JPG MVC-017S.JPG MVC-018S.JPG MVC-019S.JPG MVC-020S.JPG MVC-021S.JPG [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ mkdir untar [jmccarty@Presario-1 check-tar]$ cd untar [jmccarty@Presario-1 untar]$ ls [jmccarty@Presario-1 untar]$ tar xzf ../images.tar.gz MVC-006S.JPG [jmccarty@Presario-1 untar]$ ls MVC-006S.JPG [jmccarty@Presario-1 untar]$ ls -l total 44 -rw-rw-r-- 1 jmccarty jmccarty 41188 Feb 6 2006 MVC-006S.JPG One does have to use a name which matches, including any path information which may be stored. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines