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Old 06-17-2005, 02:25 AM   #1
tjgadu
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zip folder


I usually zip a folder having subdirectories int he following way:

tar czvf folder.tar.gz folder

How can I zip a folder so that the result is of type .gz

Is there a way to zip folders so that they can be unzipped under windows?

can the folder folder.tar.gz be unzipped under windows?
 
Old 06-17-2005, 02:31 AM   #2
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Ultimatezip is one GPL software that you can use in windows to unzip tgz files

You will have to unzip the file twice anyway.

Any to zip a file and create a gz extension you have to tar the file first
and go for
gzip filename

Thats same as 'tar zcvf'

Why dont you just zip the folder using
zip -r folder
command.
It will be compatible both in linux and in windows[can be unzipped using winzip]

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