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Old 08-12-2002, 06:00 PM   #1
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tar.gz a folder


How do you make a tar outta a folder? Is that possible?
 
Old 08-12-2002, 06:04 PM   #2
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please read the man pages for applications before asking questions, this is a very basic usage of tar

tar -cvf tarfile directoryname
 
  


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