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Old 03-08-2009
ezjay ezjay is offline
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copy and compress without itermediate files
To compress:

Code:
tar cf - <space_separated_list_of_files/folders> | gzip -c - > <path>/<archive_name>.tar.gz
To uncompress:

cd to the directory you want the files extracted in and run:

Code:
gunzip -c <path>/<archive_name>.tar.gz | tar xf -
(On Solaris, be sure to add the option E to the tar creation command arguments. i.e. tar cEf ...)