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Subject: Re: Compression || Noobie
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:12:39 -0700
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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>
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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
>
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