RE: [cobalt-users] Backing up with tar and gzip

["Bill Maxwell" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Message: 15
> From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Chafardet_G.?="
<joseluis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Backing up with tar and gzip
> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 23:25:16 -0400
> Organization: DGTal Studios Information Communication & Design Integrated
Solutions
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >take a look at #tar --help
> >you'll see that the v stands for verbose,
> >-v, --verbose         verbosely list files processed
>
> >So the command would be something like...
>
> >tar -cf backupufile.tar somedir
>
>
> >Paul ASI
>
> >sig--
> >Developers of www.ourfaqsite.com
> >Your faqs are your own business
>
> Thanks, now there is any way to create in 1 steep a tar.gz ? without to
> do tar -cf file.tar somedir
> And
> Gzip -cr9 "CANTREMEMBER" file.tar
>
> ???
>
> Thanks in advance

try

tar -czf file.tar.gz dir

and to extract

tar -xzf file.tar.gz

Bill