Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:38:04 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Joe Lira <joe@joe.to>, BMICK@bigpond.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tar Files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902011236520.28173-100000@harlie.bfd.com> In-Reply-To: <199902012032.PAA00478@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > Joe Lira wrote, > > to compress * into filename.tar: > > > > tar -cvf * filename.tar > > Two things, > > 1) The archive name/device should be the first argument, i.e. > > % tar cvf filename.tar * > > 2) tar does not do compression. If you want to do compression try, > > % tar cvf filename.tar * > % gzip filename.tar or just tar czvf filename.tar.gz * under FreeBSD, since it has that option (Is FreeBSD using gnu tar, out of curiosity?) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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