Luke Francl said: > What is the best way to tar gz a directory? I'm doing > > tar -cz dir > dir-2000-08-18.tar.gz tar cvzf dir-2000-08-18.tgz dir > Do you have to use the redirection, or is there a way to make tar write > output to a file? The f switch tells it to take the first argument as the name of the tarfile instead of a file within the tarball. -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org