06-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Grippo
why do you need to "tar without changing directory"?
looking back, I am not sure what the z flag is doing for you in the "tar czvf" - what flavor of UNIX are you using?
The archive command is included in a web page.
-z, --gzip, --ungzip
filter the archive through gzip
RH Linux
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