how do you delete a file from an archive? i did: mkdir test cd test echo "hello" > a echo "hello" > b cd .. tar cv test > test.tar then: tar --delete b --file test.tar tar --delete test/b --file test.tar both time i get tar: b: Not found in archive how do i delete a file from a tar archive? without doing something dumb like untarring, deleting and retarring. pete