Re: Dummy tar Question

From: Lamar Saxon (Lamar.Saxon_at_AMERICREDIT.COM)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Date:         Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:59:13 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    How about :

    tar -cvf- <filespec> | gzip -9 > myfile.tar.gz

    Lamar

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Juan Camilo Yanquen
    Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:37 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Dummy tar Question

    I've a little question about tar command.

    what is the "reverse" command of:

    gzip -d -c myfile.tar.gz | tar -xvf -

    I know do this in 2 steps, but in some case I don't have left space to
    get this work

    tar cvf myfile.tar /mydir
    gzip -9 myfile.tar

    Sorry, but I can't find this on man pages

    Thanks for you help.

    Atentamente,

    Juan Camilo Yanquen
    Soporte pSeries
    SISA-SA

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