How to zip files in UNIX

[guzler]

Hello,

Can anyone help me with the right syntax ..

Thanks,

 

[IMAUser]

Try compress filename

OR

gzip filename

 

[guzler]

Will this syntax work gzip file1.txt ..

Also How do send the zip files in an e-mail ..

Thanks in advance

 

[appi]

gzip -9 file.txt will compress in the highest compression, you can try gzip -h for more help topics

But it depnds on the Unix if gzip is available or addon

hth
uwe

 

[guzler]

appi

I did try gzip -9 filename.txt and When I ftp back to WINDOWS I am not able to view the file .. I see all funky characters ..

How do I resolve this ..

Thanks in advance ..

 

[dickiebird]

Like :-
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You'll have to unzip it - and your windows unzip will not be the same as the unix zip, I betcha !

Dickie Bird (-)))

 

[guzler]

I did unzip it and it still shows up the same ..

 

[KenCunningham]

You'll probably need to use binary mode in your ftp. HTH.

 

[guzler]

I tried both ASCII and BINARy modes it nis still the same ..

 

[needcoffee]

Try zip from info-zip.org. It should be supported by Winzip or Pkunzip on your windows box. You can compile the source or find a copy on bullfreeware.com or UCLA's site aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/aixpdslib.html. I think there is a version of gunzip out there that will run on windows but I can't seem to remember where I found it.

needcoffee

 

[jad]

if you want to zip more than 1 file, you might be better off using 'tar' (gnu tar if it is available does gzip if you specify the 'z' option) eg.

tar zcvf zippedfile.tgz directory/.

 

[loqtis]

try

tar -zpcvf whereya-wantfile-saved.tgz path-to-dir-being-tarred

example i did something like this on my unix box

tar -zpcvf /var/bkup/apache.tgz /usr/local/apache

loqtis