title: can't untar a complete directory using tar -cvpzf
body: <p>Banging my head on this one...</p>
  
  <p>I used <code>tar -cvpzf file.tar.gz</code> to compress a complete directory.</p>
  
  <p>I move the file to another server and i try to decompress the directory where i have copied the archive. Can't make it work.</p>
  
  <pre><code>bash-3.2$ tar -xvpzf news.tar.gz .       
  tar: gzip: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
  tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
  tar: Child returned status 2
  tar: .: Not found in archive
  tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Anyone ?</p>