Re: Compressing folders/sub-folders with TAR : how to ?

From: Ian Stirling (root_at_mauve.demon.co.uk)
Date: 01/26/05

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    Date: 26 Jan 2005 17:59:11 GMT

    Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent> wrote:
    > On 26 Jan 2005 06:57:56 -0800, A Web Master
    > <forum_posting@hotmail.com> wrote:
    >> What's the syntax to compress all folders and sub-folders found with TAR ?
    >
    > tar czf file.tar.gz .
    > if you use GNU tar

    Or even tar --use-compress-program wc cvf . file.tar.wc
    for much better compression.
    (decompression needs work)

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