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tar and gzip on one line (See related posts)

Bundle my_dir
tar cvf - my_dir | gzip -c > my_dir.tar.gz


Unbundle my_dir
gunzip -c my_dir.tar.gz | tar xvf -
to unix linux tar gzip by sergiovalenzuela on Mon Jan 22 21:43:09 +0000 2007

Comments on this post

alterego posts on Jan 24, 2007 at 19:06
What about:
tar xzvf my_dir.tar.gz my_dir
sergiovalenzuela posts on Jan 25, 2007 at 20:48
Doesn't work on HP-UX ... no z option to tar. Otherwise, that works!

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