> One more help please.is any software or utility in windows to open pax > file or extract An HP-UX forum may not be the best place to ask questions about software for Windows. (_Which_ Windows?) GNU "tar" is probably available for Windows (as it is for HP-UX). What, exactly, are you trying to do? If you're trying to move data from an HP-UX system to a Windows system, then Zip may be a better choice than "tar" (or "pax"). (Info-ZIP Zip and UnZip are available for HP-UX and Windows, and many other compatible programs are available for Windows.) http://www.info-zip.org/ > I run that commands.But how can untar or unpax that particular file or > folder on PAX utility. What, exactly, are you trying to do? What is "that particular file"? > [...] and please one example [...] Same to you. > Is pax also compress the size or not. Did you see it compress anything? man pax Generally, programs like "tar" (or "pax") rely on external compression programs (like gzip or bzip2). A modern GNU "tar" program can run the compression program itself. http://www.gnu.org/s/tar/manual/tar.html#SEC131 Older or non-GNU "tar" programs may depend on the user to run the compression program. For example: tar cf - things_to_archive | gzip -c > things.tar.gz Zip is an integrated archiving and compression program. It has built-in compression capability. > Please help me again That might be easier if you explained what you really want to do, instead of asking how to use "tar" (or "pax"). > Sorry sorry but i am new in hp ux... man man man pax man tar