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Old 11-06-2007
gzip all the files in a directory

Hi,

There are multiple files in a directory with different names.How can they be gzipped such that the timestamp of the files is not changed.
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Old 11-06-2007
from the man page:
Code:
       By default, gzip keeps the original file name and timestamp in the com-
       pressed	file.

do you have a different scenario / requirement?
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Old 11-06-2007
Got that resolved.It was a differenct scenario.
Thanks anyways.
 
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