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Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:46:31 GMT X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 001.001, SWYgaXQgZG9lc24ndCBuZWNlc3NhcmlseSBoYXZlIHRvIGJlIHRhciwgdGhlbiBJJ2QgcmVjb21tZW5kIHVzaW5nIDd6aXA6CgphcmNoaXZlcnMvcDd6aXAKCkl0IGhhcyBhbW9uZyB0aGUgYmVzdCBjb21wcmVzc2lvbiByYXRpb3MuCgoKCgpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwogVm9uOiBGYnNkOCA8ZmJzZDhAYTFwb3dlcnVzZXIuY29tPgpBbjogRnJlZUJTRCBxdWVzdGlvbnMgPHF1ZXN0aW9uc0BmcmVlYnNkLm9yZz4gCkdlc2VuZGV0OiAzOjI5IEZyZWl0YWcsIDE4LkphbnVhciAyMDEBMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.130.494 References: <50F8B3A3.9080909@a1poweruser.com> Message-ID: <1358477191.42966.YahooMailNeo@web133201.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:46:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Georg Reilinger Subject: Re: tar & compression To: Fbsd8 In-Reply-To: <50F8B3A3.9080909@a1poweruser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Georg Reilinger List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:46:35 -0000 If it doesn't necessarily have to be tar, then I'd recommend using 7zip:=0A= =0Aarchivers/p7zip=0A=0AIt has among the best compression ratios.=0A=0A=0A= =0A=0A________________________________=0A Von: Fbsd8 =0AAn: FreeBSD questions =0AGesendet: 3:29 Freitag= , 18.Januar 2013=0ABetreff: tar & compression=0A =0AThe man page for tar co= mmand says there a 4 different compress types you can use, xz, bzip, bzip2 = and gzip.=0A=0AWhich one is the fastest and compresses the most?=0AI am usi= ng -z option for gzip and it sure is slow.=0AHoping one of the other zip op= tions are better.=0AWhat do you guys use?=0A=0AAnother question about tar i= s can I have tar create a compressed bkup=0Aof 2 files and a directory tree= all in single tar command?=0A_____________________________________________= __=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/= mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "free= bsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 02:53:11 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13F68D96 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:53:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0997799 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.10.3] ([173.88.197.103]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:53:12 -0800 Message-ID: <50F8B917.1090401@a1poweruser.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:53:11 -0500 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Georg Reilinger Subject: Re: tar & compression References: <50F8B3A3.9080909@a1poweruser.com> <1358477191.42966.YahooMailNeo@web133201.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1358477191.42966.YahooMailNeo@web133201.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jan 2013 02:53:12.0284 (UTC) FILETIME=[F47A71C0:01CDF526] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Authenticated-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-EchoSenderHash: [fbsd8]-[a1poweruser*com] Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:53:11 -0000 Georg Reilinger wrote: > If it doesn't necessarily have to be tar, then I'd recommend using 7zip: > > archivers/p7zip > > It has among the best compression ratios. > > > The man page for tar command says there a 4 different compress types you can use, xz, bzip, bzip2 and gzip. > > Which one is the fastest and compresses the most? > I am using -z option for gzip and it sure is slow. > Hoping one of the other zip options are better. > What do you guys use? > > Another question about tar is can I have tar create a compressed bkup > of 2 files and a directory tree all in single tar command? > Sorry,that will not work for me. Has to be something that comes as part of the base system.