Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 16:59:06 -0500 From: Dan Cross <tenser@spitfire.ecsel.psu.edu> To: pitlord@usit.net Cc: michael dorin <mike@chaski.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar or gzip or both? Message-ID: <19970105215906.17880.qmail@spitfire.ecsel.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Jan 1997 15:27:11 EST." <32D00E9F.469A@usit.net>
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> tar cf - home > gzip -c > home.tar.gz Errm, tar cf - home | gzip > home.tar.gz Otherwise, you'll just have this really big file called gzip in the cwd. :-) > or the *easy* way, provided by 'man tar' by itself > > tar zcf home.tar.gz /home This is probably the best way to do this. :-) - Dan C.
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