Date: Thu, 9 Mar 95 08:35:23 EST From: ace@Reality-Tech.COM (Anthony Scandurra) To: aarone@homer.prahran.swin.edu.au Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: GZipping the contents of directories... Message-ID: <9503091335.AA15593@Reality-Tech.COM> In-Reply-To: <MAILQUEUE-101.950309170900.384@h409-fs3.prahran.swin.edu.au> (AARONE@h409-fs3.prahran.swin.edu.au)
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You must tar the files first. Instead of using gzip directly, use gtar with the compress option. It's a little confusing for someone coming from a DOS environment, but it gives you more flexibility.
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