Last CVS version of busybox (2002.11.12-10:51+0000) ~> tar zxvf test.tar.gz first.file second.file third.file tar: Short read ~> gunzip -c test.tar.gz | tar xv first.file second.file third.file tar: Short read ~> gunzip test.tar.gz && tar xvf test.tar ~> echo $? 0 --