Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:12:39 -0700 From: "Robert Westendorp" <rjwsys@uniserve.com> To: "MET" <met@uberstats.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compression || Noobie Message-ID: <007401c2453f$be5b8400$d3a1f4cc@rob> References: <002401c2453e$a86ba130$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL>
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Tar will just archive the files, if you want to compress them you'll want to Gzip them as well. Try this command... it'll do both. tar -zvcf file.tar.gz <files/directory you want to tar/gz)> That should be it :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "MET" <met@uberstats.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: Compression || Noobie > I've got ever growing databases that are just getting massive. I've > already written a program (out of odd entertainment) that creates > backups of the databases. It also manages the files to only keep a > certain amount around in the directory. Anyways, I'm missing one KEY > piece. How do I compress them? Naturally its got something to do with > 'tar -c --file=file.tar file', but when I run that it does 'tar' the > file, but does not compress the file one bit. > > Ideas? > > ~ Matthew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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