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From: ace@Reality-Tech.COM (Anthony Scandurra)
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To: aarone@homer.prahran.swin.edu.au
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Subject: Re: GZipping the contents of directories...
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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.