On Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:10:14 BST Walter Dnes wrote:

>   I'll gladly take any of them.  One more thing; in this mode, you
> *MUST* use a leading minus for "-cvzf".  The lazy "cvzf" will *NOT*
> work, and throws a misleading error message.  See also my post to
> Michael about the contents of the CACHEDIR.TAG file.

Ah, yes, the GNU Vs Unix syntax of tar options.  I tend to use the "-" prefix 
on options, because I find the GNU style syntax can be quite nuanced.  Search 
the man page for "Archive format selection" to get an idea.

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