On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Charles Swiger <cswi...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2015, at 7:33 PM, Sean Morrison <ssmc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using tar (GNU tar) 1.26, which is the version installed on mac OS > X Yosemite. > > Are you sure? Mac OS X Yosemite ships with: > > % /usr/bin/tar --version > bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3 > % sw_vers > ProductName: Mac OS X > ProductVersion: 10.10.2 > BuildVersion: 14C109 > > ...not a version of GNU tar. > > Chuck is right; MacOSX has (always, I believe) shipped bsdtar. Perhaps your tar is from Homebrew or Macports? -Charles
