tar and gzip question 1

[apocalypse11]

Hi everyone,

I know how to tar a dir and then gzip it... how do i do it all at once?

#tar cf <tarfilename> <directorytobe tar'ed>
#gzip <tar'ed directory>

Thanks..

 

[PHV]

The gnutar has a -z option just for that purpose.
If you don't have gnutar then you may try this:
tar cf - <directorytobe tar'ed> | gzip -c > tarfilename.tgz

Hope This Helps, PH.
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