response 285 of 286:

Sep 23 13:13 UTC 2004

Re resp:277: The version of tar that Grex has is smart enough not to add
the archive it's creating to itself...as long as you *don't* use the z
flag.  That's why I didn't use it as was suggested in resp:276.  I
thought about telling people to create the tar file in the /tmp
directory, but I didn't for two reasons:  There's not much room in /tmp,
and people would inevitably leave the file lying around there where
anyone can read it.  I agree with your other comments.

Re resp:284: Any of the suggestions that have been given will work. 
There's More Than One Way To Do It(tm).