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Old 07-24-2009
copying and zipping
Hi

I have managed to copy a few files into a directory but since there are too many files it looks a bit untidy .

Is there a way i can directly copy all of them into a compresses file(.gz).

This would make it easier to ftp the file as well...Many Thanks
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Old 07-24-2009
tar can gather your files and directories to 1 archive file. Some support -z for compression.

Code:
cd yourdirectory
tar -cvzf my_archive.tgz *

If your tar does not support compression:
Code:
tar -cvf my_archive.tar *
gzip my_archive.tar

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The other side has either to do this:
Code:
tar -xvzf my_archive.tgz

or this
Code:
gunzip my_archive.tar.gz
tar -xvf my_archive.tar

# 3  
Old 07-24-2009
Hi.

To do only files in the current directory, you could use something like:
Code:
ls -l | grep -v ^d | awk '{print $NF}' | xargs tar cf - | gzip -9c > myfiles.tar.gz

Or for the whole directory tree from the current directory:
Code:
tar cf - . | gzip -9c > myfiles.tar.gz

You can test the file using:
Code:
gunzip -c myfiles.tar.gz | tar tvf -

And extract it using
Code:
gunzip -c myfiles.tar.gz | tar xvf -

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