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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers delete a file from an existing Solaris tar Post 17793 by inpavan on Wednesday 20th of March 2002 07:35:55 AM
Old 03-20-2002
You can not delete an file from the existing tar file. Read manual of tar (man tar).
 

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