Re: tar gzip of datafiles

tar -czvf file sources
or
gtar -czvf file source (linux)

the z-option should gzip the tar file at once.

Winston Douglas wrote:

> How can I create a tar zip file without creating an intermediate
> file(s) ?. I need to do this to create a quick backup to disk but I do
> not have the disk space to tar the files to a file and then compress the
> tar file or visa versa.
>
> Thanks.
Received on Fri Apr 27 2001 - 02:31:07 CDT