# .YML \<\> .VCV file interchange

**URL:** <https://forum.4ms.info/t/yml-vcv-file-interchange/1579>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 29, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.4ms.info/t/yml-vcv-file-interchange/1579 "2025-05-29T09:28:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheTechnobear](https://forum.4ms.info/user_avatar/forum.4ms.info/thetechnobear/32/52_2.png) [@TheTechnobear](https://forum.4ms.info/u/TheTechnobear)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.4ms.info/t/yml-vcv-file-interchange/1579/7 "2025-06-28T16:03:05Z")

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works for me on macOS 15.5 … using /usr/bin/tar

man tar also shows its available…  
that said, in checking this I noticed it says you don’t need —zstd unless you are creating an archive (though it doesn’t mind having it) - since by default tar will detect it and decompress automatically.

> [@](#):
>
> ```
> --zstd (c mode only) Compress the archive with zstd-compatible
> compression before writing it. In extract or list modes, this
> option is ignored. Note that this tar implementation recognizes
> zstd compression automatically when reading archives.
> 
> ```

I do have zstd installed via homebrew. and it is on my path, not sure if this is necessary or not, as above it seems part of macOS these days - that said, I have homebrew installed and setup on all my Macs.

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