Re: [newbie] tar command ?

[Dan Butler]

Personally, after I have tar'd the files, I prefer to compress the tar with the -H option.  This gives a 20% better compression. compress -H thetarfile.tar     Dan B ----- Original Message ----- From: Anuerin G. Diaz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] tar command ?   tar zcvf  thetarfile.tgz  [insert your /var/named files here] the z in the option means that the files are to be compressed using gzip. you can omit it like tar cvf  thetarfile.tar  [insert your /var/named files here] and you will have one tar file containing all the specified files but no compression. fyi, the extension is not necessary. its just there as a convention in making humans be able to interpret a files function more easily. ciao! SKLIM wrote: Hi! I like to zip all my /var/named files in one zip files.I need the command how to tar it. Can someone email me the command ?   Best regards,SKLIM  -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." ============================= Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Avenue cor. Poveda St. Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 =============================   Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com