Re: [TCLUG:5185] making tarballs

[Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

> So, let's say you've got a directory full of
> files and a number of subdirectories. What command would you use to create
> a tarball and gzip it? Thanks.

Well, 'tar zcf <tarball>.tar.gz <directory>' usually works for me.  The
'z' option compresses it with gzip for you.  Otherwise, you can pipe a
tar through gzip or something (but I don't like typing that much stuff
;-)

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