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Date:      Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:03:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Moroboshi Ataru <ataru@demon.ildm.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compressing Tar
Message-ID:  <199808120103.SAA24985@demon.ildm.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980811184204.16258A-100000@br01.acw-web.com> from Jack Wenger at "Aug 11, 98 06:44:35 pm"

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> Simple question, how can I compress a tarball as it's made, using
> compress?
> Something like: tar -cvf fred.tar * | compress * fred.tar.z, or something
> like that?
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Jack Wenger
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> IBM Advanced BesTeam Member
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This should work.

tar zcvf fred.tar.gz *

--Brennon Church

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