Hi! Try using gzip -c: nohup tar cvpf - . | gzip -9 -c > /directory/of/interest/files.tar.gz &
Regards, Piotrek On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 16:10, cooch17 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Strange one - I have a large directory structure I'd like to tar up, > preserving permissions and links and such. I wrote a small script (say, > backup_files), which pipes tar to gzip to generate the .gz file. > > cd /directory/of/interest > rm -r -f files.tar.gz > nohup tar cvpf - . | gzip -9 > /directory/of/interest/files.tar.gz & > > > Seems to work fine, except that the .gz file is always reported as corrupted > (have tried 3-4 different archive tools to open and access files - they all > report that files.tar.gz is corrupt. > > > But...if I don't use a pipe > > tar -cvpf files.tar * > > then > > gzip -9 files.tar > > then the resulting files.tar.gz is absolutely fine. I've reproduced this > sequence 3-4 times now. > > So, something I can't suss out when tar pipes to gzip is causing a major > problem. > > Suggestions? Pointers to the obvious? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/tar-%7C-gzip-problems-tp25612830p25612830.html > Sent from the Gnu - Tar - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
