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Answer» How do I compress and archive my "yyyyfile" into an archive file "zzzzfile" in my HOME directory in one command? Quote from: ratrace on April 22, 2010, 07:04:46 PM How do I compress and archive my "yyyyfile" into an archive file "zzzzfile" in my home directory in one command? archive your whole directory Code: [Select]tar zcfv mytarfile.tar.gz /homedir/ if you want to archive one file, just USE gzip, or zip Code: [Select]gzip myfile I have to perform the command specifically as stated in my question, it's for a class and it's due by midnight tonight and I only am stuck on a few things. I'm getting an error: $ tar zcfv yyyyfile.tar zzzzfile tar: invalid option -z Usage: tar c[vwfbB[[0-9][hlm]]] [pathname ...] tar r[vwfbB[[0-9][hlm]]] [files ...] tar t[vwfbB[[0-9][hlm]] tar u[vwfbB[[0-9][hlm]]] [pathname ...] tar x[vwfblmpB[[0-9][hlm]]] [pathname ...] What should I try now? Thanks for your help--very appreciated!!!Would it be the following: tar -xvf filename.tar newfilename ? when I do that I get the following: thisfile.tar in ustar format 0 files, 8 blocks I don't know this stuff well enough to know what that means!what OS are you on? your tar don't have the -z option, so just tar it normally, then gzip it Code: [Select]tar cvf mytarfile.tar myfile gzip mytarfile.tar XP--the direction say to do it in one step, but if it's not possible then I'll just paste the error msg with the command. Thanks again! Quote from: ratrace on April 22, 2010, 08:45:22 PM XPneither tar not gzip come by default with windows XP, and the shell prompt you've displayed is not a Windows Command Prompt... True. The OP would have to be using cygwin or another NIX emulation LAYER to have such a result. Cygwin uses an emulation layer to transform Unix system calls to those supported by Windows, so it is slower than the real thing. Rsync-ing to Windows filesystems also meant issues with file PERMISSIONS and owners |
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