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You can 'append' file(s) to a tarball, but unfortunately in your case, you have to 'gunzip' in order to add another file to the archive.
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
file-roller
file-roller(1) User Commands file-roller(1)
NAME
file-roller - create, view, modify, or unpack an archive
SYNOPSIS
file-roller [--add] [--add-to=archive] [--default-dir=folder] [--extract] [--extract-to=folder] [--force] [--help] [--usage]
DESCRIPTION
The File Roller application enables you to create, view, modify, or unpack an archive. An archive is a file that acts as a container for
other files. An archive can contain many files, folders, and subfolders, usually in compressed form.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--add Ask for the name of the archive, then add the files, then quit the application. You can also use -a to specify this
option.
--add-to=archive Add files to the specified archive, then quit the application. You can also use -d to specify this option.
--default-dir=folder Specify the default folder for the--add and --extract options.
--extract Ask for the name of the destination folder, then extract the files, then quit the application. You can also use -f
to specify this option.
--extract-to=folder Extract archives to the specified folder, then quit the application. You can also use -e to specify this option.
--force Create the destination folder without asking for confirmation.
--help Display help text. You can also use -? to specify this option.
--usage Display brief usage text.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Unpacking an Archive
example% file-roller --extract archive
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/file-roller Executable for File Roller application.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNW |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
File Roller Manual
NOTES
Written by Laszlo Kovacs, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 29 Sep 2003 file-roller(1)