i tried it with the console tar command but i got the answer
tar: Failed open to read on /dev/nrst0 <No such file or directory>
stuff it stopped the process with error -50.
what's that ???
or just use OpenUp for .tar.gz, .zip, and some .sit files. Don't use stuffit under classic because it will corrupt the .sit files. Stuffit for X seems to work fine cuz it unstuffed macster fine.