Thanks for pointing this out. Unfortunately, my printer ran out of ink. I'll have to write this out in long hand. Cheers! Philip Gabbert wrote: > > 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 > > > > > >Hi, I've tried looking at the tar man page, but still cant get any joy with > >tar. > > > >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 > > > > > > > > Eagles may soar, but weasel don't get sucked into jet engines
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