Winzip can open tar files, so tar it first....
Here is the syntax to copy a directory to a tar file..
tar -cvvf somedir.tar somedir/
where somedir.tar is the name of the file it will create and somedir/ is the
name of the directory...
doing it to a file is pretty much the same thing,, try: man tar
to see more details...
winzip will open the tar file,, I do it all the time..
regards
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marcia Waller
Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2001 12:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Compressing files with zip
Dear All, I would like to compress a directory with the zip format so that I
may send it to my Win98 laptop through email. How may I do this by hand?
I need to print out some info and I still cannot get my Epson Stylus Color
to
work with LM8 so I am forced to send the files to my laptop. My laptop only
has Win98 which is why I want to use the zip format.Thanks for your help.
Sincerely,
Marcia Waller
