I don't thing I have seen this before : beta $ gzip -dc ../src/openssl-1.1.1c.tar.gz | tar -xf - tar: pax_global_header: typeflag 'g' not recognized, converting to regular file beta $ Must be a gnu tar thing? -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional