Quite simple .. Tar is an app that gets many people. Got me to until I
finally figured it out :)
Say you want to tar and zip up /www/ .. All you have to do is cd to /.
Then, under linux run:
tar -zcvf all_archive.tgz www
z -> gzip compression
c -> create archive
v -> verbose
f -> archive name
the '-' is optional, and is there for backwards compatablility. Simple as
that. If you are on a Unix system (Solaris) or have an older version of
tar you can run:
tar xvf all_archive.tar www
gzip all_archive.tar
It will create a file called all_archive.tar.gz
That's all folks :)
-- philip
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>Hi, I've tried looking at the tar man page, but still cant get any joy with
>tar.
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>I have a directory called archive, with numerous subdirectories. I want to
>save all these files as a single file called all_archive, while preserving
>the dirctory structure and permissions, and then finally compress the whole
>thing. Can some one show me the correct command please
>
>Thanks
>
>Barry
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