Yes, it does, but only GNU tar. I was using NetBSD when I stumbled over the fact that it couldn't 'tar xvf' my foo.tar.gz. OTOH, I always have to look up unzip

Yes, it does, but only GNU tar. I was using NetBSD when I stumbled over the fact that it couldn't 'tar xvf' my foo.tar.gz. OTOH, I always have to look up unzip, because I fear that there is some option that I forgot. Well, most of the time I use a GUI for Zip, since they often decompress all over the folder unlike tars which are mostly contained in one single folder.