On 09/04/2011 10:53 AM, xinyou yan wrote: >> I am not sure what the problem is. >> The following works for me: >> tar cf archive.tar first >> tar -rf archive.tar second > Yes it can , But tar czf tar rzf can't work > Second : For what its worth tar understands gzip/bzip2 tar files automatically ... you can see this touch foo1 foo2 tar cjf foo.tbz foo1 foo2 # creates a bzip'd tar file tar tf foo.tbz # lists contents no 'j' flag needed -- 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