Hi People ...

I would like to know which command and syntax I use to compact several text files in only one compressed file, and this file has to be readable for Windows machines (win Zip).

Nowadays I am using gzip, but I can only compact the files one by one using a loop. I do not want keep having a lot of files, I want only one file per day!

#!/bin/sh
fim=$(date +%s)
fim=$(( fim - 60 ))
#inicio=$(( fim - 86280 ))
inicio=$(( fim - 86220 ))
hoje=$(date +%d-%B-%Y)
path=/var/ftp/logsmrtg/$hoje
mkdir $path

#this creates the log files I want to compress
cd /var/www/html
for basedados in *.rrd; do
rrdtool fetch ${basedados} AVERAGE --start $inicio --end $fim > $path/${basedados}.log
done

#this changes the extension of the files and makes them
#windows-like
cd $path
rename .rrd.log .log *.rrd.log
unix2dos -q *.log
rm -f ../hoje/*.*
cp *.* ../hoje
chmod 755 ../hoje/*.*

#this compresses the files one by one
for basedados in *.log; do
gzip -afq --best -S .z $path/${basedados} > ${basedados}.z
done

chmod 755 *.z

:Pengy:

As far as I know, any recent version of WinZip can handle tar archives. So just tar the files you want, and gzip them.

You could also try zip. It allows multiple files to be placed in a single archive. It's compatible with PKZIP which I believe is WinZip's underlying compression routine (but I can't say that with any certainty).

You could also use the setup given in the "ADVANCED USAGE" section of the man page for gzip. It isn't a clean solution because the archive's individual pieces don't unpack into spearate files. There are ways around this problem, but it's probably not worth the effort.

Why not tar up the files before gziping them?

tar -cvvf /path/to/new/tar.tar /path/to/directory/to/tar

then - gzip -rv /path/to/tar.tar

That will create a tar.gz of the directory you specified.

Contrasutra, thanks!
It works for me. Now, lets implement it!!