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Date:      Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:21:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        vdemart1@tin.it
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tarring a dump. Problems with a pipe
Message-ID:  <200509081521.j88FLglp016290@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20716527.1126191423267.JavaMail.root@pswm11.cp.tin.it>

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> I'm getting accostumed to dump my fbsd 5.4 filesystems with "dump" on  
> files in a samba share. Now, I'd like to compress the dumped files "in 
> the making" (for instance piping it via tar) but I don't know how to do 
> it.
> Could you please help me?

Use gzip(1) or compress(1) if it is already a dump file.
It is a simple as 'compress dumpfilename'  and it will make
a compressed file called 'dumpfilename.Z'

////jerry

> Ciao
> Vittorio
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