Re: compress files on the fly?

From: Lamar Saxon (Lamar.Saxon_at_AMERICREDIT.COM)
Date: 10/15/04

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    Date:         Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:26:36 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Might look @ this from a previous post:

    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

    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    Bob.Kelley@BRINKSINC.COM
    Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:56 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: compress files on the fly?

    Does anyone know of a slick way to compress files on the fly from one
    filesystem to another? I have to copy/compress 18G+ files and from what
    I
    gather, tar has a limitation of around 8G?

    Thoughts appreciated!!!

    Bobby Kelley Jr.
    972-877-5341

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