Re: [UNIX] Creating a tar.gz

From: Elric of Melnibone (elric@MELNIBONE.ORG)
Date: 03/19/98

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At 03:18 PM 3/19/98 , you wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Shaw M. wrote:
>
>>How can I take everything in the mud directory and make it a tar.gz?  I
>>find all sorts of information on unpacking .gz, but I cannot find any
>>info on the other way...
>
>Perhaps you should try 'man tar' or 'tar --help' ?
>
>tar -cvzf dir.tgz dir/
>
>--
>George Greer  -  Me@Null.net   | Genius may have its limitations, but
stupidity
>http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard

tar -cvzf would only work if he was using gnu tar.  Just tar the file up
and then do gzip filename.

Elric


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