how to compress files using gzip

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:00:10 -0800, Daniel wrote: > How do I compress multiple files to one archive file using a gzip > command ? man gzip man tar -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Ahhhhhhh!: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/relieve.jpg

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:00:10 -0800, Daniel did cat : > How do I compress multiple files to one archive file using a gzip > command ? if you have GNU tar $ tar cpzvf myarch.tgz file1[ file2]* else (or if in a compound script, go classical): $ tar cpvf - file1[ file2]* | gzip -c - > myarch.tar.gz there are other variants but I tried to put the most didactic ones ;-)

In article <7bb8072d-5914-4292-93c0-178c2e7e0beb@d36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Daniel <danwgrace@gmail.com> wrote: > How do I compress multiple files to one archive file using a gzip > command ? You can't (normally) using just gzip. Add in tar or cpio and it's one file, which you can gzip. -- -eben QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81 "windows seems to have stupidity buil[t] into it." -- sobriquet on a.o.l.

Daniel wrote: > How do I compress multiple files to one archive file using a gzip > command ? The man pages give exact examples that cover this, for reference now and in the future. man gzip as well as man tar will help. -- Tim Greer, CEO/Founder/CTO, BurlyHost.com, Inc. Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated & Semi-Dedicated servers and Custom Hosting. 24/7 support, 30 day guarantee, secure servers. Industry's most experienced staff! -- Web Hosting With Muscle!

Daniel <danwgrace@gmail.com> wrote: > How do I compress multiple files to one archive file using a gzip > command ? gzip just compresses one file, it doesn't create archives. Use tar, cpio or similar to create an archive and compress that using gzip. Florian -- <http://www.florian-diesch.de/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Daniel <danwgrace@gmail.com> wrote: > How do I compress multiple files to one archive file using a gzip > command ? man tar tar cvvzf archive_name.tar.gz file1 file2 file3 file4 ... More detailed information would result in better advice. For instance, if you wanted to archive all the mp3 files in a directory: tar cvvzf archive_name.tar.gz *.mp3 Sid -- My newsfilter kills more than half the posts to these groups, including replies to any name in my killfile. So if I don't respond to a reply it is because I didn't see it. Thou shalt not suffer a troll to speak in thine presence.

ObTrollAlert: Yes, I know ''Sidney'' is a troll. But there's still a point to be made. On 2008-12-31, Sidney Lambe <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: > For instance, if you wanted to archive all the mp3 files > in a directory: > > tar cvvzf archive_name.tar.gz *.mp3 This is a stylistic point, but typically if you create a tar archive (or tarball) that you might share with others, you create a top-level directory, so that when the other person extracts the tarball it doesn't pollute whatever directory he happens to be in. So for the above example you might do cd ~/dir/above/mp3s/ tar cvzf ~/mymp3s.tar.gz mymp3s/*.mp3 On extraction, tar will create a new directory mymp3s/ and put the mp3 files there. (Of course if the user already has a mymp3s directory he'll pollute that, which is why I usually do tar tvzf mymp3s.tar.gz to see if it has a top-level directory or not.) You should (almost) *never* do tar cvzf filename.tar.gz /etc/ /... or any file spec with a leading / , because on extraction tar will attempt to put the new files there! As nonroot it might just simply fail; as root it might clobber important files. (Some versions of tar warn you of this and/or strip the leading / when creating the archive.) --keith -- kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information