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raider2001
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To do multiple files, just list all of the files like:
`gzip -c file1.html file2.html file3.html > file.tar.gz`;
or if appropriate you can use wildcards like:
`gzip -c *.html > file.tar.gz`;
`gzip -c file1.html file2.html file3.html > file.tar.gz`;
or if appropriate you can use wildcards like:
`gzip -c *.html > file.tar.gz`;
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gzip isn't really intended to create zip-type archives. It's main purpose is just to compress single files. To put multiple files into a gzip'ed archive you should tar them together first. Here's a quote from the gzip man page:
"If you wish to create a single archive file with multiple members so that members can later be extracted independently, use an archiver such as tar or zip. GNU tar supports the -z option to invoke gzip transparently. gzip
is designed as a complement to tar, not as a replacement."
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
"If you wish to create a single archive file with multiple members so that members can later be extracted independently, use an archiver such as tar or zip. GNU tar supports the -z option to invoke gzip transparently. gzip
is designed as a complement to tar, not as a replacement."
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
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The tar command would look something like this:
then the gzip command would be:
The result would be file.tar.gz. You can also put directory names instead of file names on the tar command, and it will include all files in the directory, WITH THE DIRECTORY NAME ATTACHED. To recover the files:
Make sure you do this in the directory you started from, so the files will go in their proper places.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
Code:
tar cf file.tar file1 file2 file3 ...
Code:
gzip file.tar
Code:
gunzip file.tar.gz
tar xf file.tarTracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
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Hi. I am using;
at the moment, to create a tar.gz file by a script.
That's not a .tar.gz file. That's a .gz file. These can only contain one file.
If you want to make a .tar.gz file, you can create a .tar file, which may containe multiple files, and gzip it.
tar has an option built-in, to immediately compress the generated .tar file. Use the -z command line switch.
Typical command line:
Use "." for the filelist if you want to compress everything in a directory. "-C filesdir" is optional.
Code:
`gzip -c file.html > file.tar.gz`;at the moment, to create a tar.gz file by a script.
That's not a .tar.gz file. That's a .gz file. These can only contain one file.
If you want to make a .tar.gz file, you can create a .tar file, which may containe multiple files, and gzip it.
tar has an option built-in, to immediately compress the generated .tar file. Use the -z command line switch.
Typical command line:
Code:
tar -czf file.tar.gz -C filesdir file1 file2 ...Use "." for the filelist if you want to compress everything in a directory. "-C filesdir" is optional.
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