TAR and GZIP

[jestrada101]

Is there a way I can move a set of files, tar them and compress them into another directory?

 

[PHV]

The GNU tar can create compressed archives (.tgz) with the -cz options.

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[jestrada101]

Is there a way to move files and compress them without manually deleting the files?

for example... if I tar a set of files, the same files still exist... with the additional tar.. I know I could write a shell script to come in and delete files... etc.. etc... but I was wondering if there's a way to tar them and get rid of them at the same time...

thanks!

 

[PHV]

GNU tar have the following option:
--remove-files remove files after adding them to the archive

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[chipperMDW]

Typing "man tar" or "info tar" would be a faster way to get an answer to a question like this. If your version of tar supports --remove-files or something similar, you'll see it in there.