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Old 02-22-2007
mv and compress on the fly
I want to move and compress a big export file.
Like mv file_exp /filesystem/file_exp |compress
The file system is too small to compress and move with 2 steps.
What is the best command for me. I'm running solaris.

Smilie
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Old 02-22-2007
compress -c filename > /directory/...filename.Z

rm filename

if you are creating the compressed file on the same filesystem, you still will not have enough room. Just as you don't if you try a single step compress.

Other alternatives are pack, gzip, and zip.
 
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