1. Q: tar.gz
I used to use Gnozip to make tar.gz files.
Then I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.something.
Now Gnozip doesn't work. It used to work.
I have 4 compression programs. Not one works right.
(Also Conqueror doesn't work as well as it used to,
but that's a minor detail.)
But the main thing I'm interested in is how to make a tar.gz file.
I want something that adds files and directories, both.
And it has to arrange stuff right, like directories inside a directory.
gzip doesn't work either. It tar.gz-ed each file individually in a
directory. What the 773H kind of stupid thing to do is that?
It was supposed to tar.gz the whole directory.
Maybe would have been better staying with Mandrake 8.2.
What do I gotta do?
Jerry Story
2. Re: Q: tar.gz
Hi Jerry,
Here is a link to an online tar tutorial:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/tar_toc.html
from the console or a terminal try this:
tar cvf targetdir.tar /targetdir
Executed from above the directory targetdir should
create a tar file named targetdir.tar
To automatically gzip the directory and files use:
tar cvzf targetdir.tar.gz /targetdir
reference: Running Linux, p. 192
Hope this helps,
Ken
--- Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> wrote:
>
>
> I used to use Gnozip to make tar.gz files.
> Then I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.something.
>
> Now Gnozip doesn't work. It used to work.
>
> I have 4 compression programs. Not one works right.
>
> (Also Conqueror doesn't work as well as it used to,
> but that's a minor detail.)
>
> But the main thing I'm interested in is how to make
> a tar.gz file.
> I want something that adds files and directories,
> both.
> And it has to arrange stuff right, like directories
> inside a directory.
>
> gzip doesn't work either. It tar.gz-ed each file
> individually in a
> directory. What the 773H kind of stupid thing to do
> is that?
> It was supposed to tar.gz the whole directory.
>
> Maybe would have been better staying with Mandrake
> 8.2.
>
> What do I gotta do?
>
> Jerry Story
>
>
>
>
> TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group.
> FREE!
>
>
>
3. Re: Q: tar.gz
Come to think of it Jerry, as adept as you are with
Irv's EuGTK program, you could probably easily write
your on Euphoria Archiver... :) :) :) I guess that
would make it EurArc, but if you share it with us
maybe EuArc would be better.
Ken
--- Ken Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Jerry,
>
> Here is a link to an online tar tutorial:
>
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/tar_toc.html
>
> from the console or a terminal try this:
>
> tar cvf targetdir.tar /targetdir
>
> Executed from above the directory targetdir should
> create a tar file named targetdir.tar
> To automatically gzip the directory and files use:
>
> tar cvzf targetdir.tar.gz /targetdir
>
> reference: Running Linux, p. 192
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ken
>
>
> --- Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I used to use Gnozip to make tar.gz files.
> > Then I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.something.
> >
> > Now Gnozip doesn't work. It used to work.
> >
> > I have 4 compression programs. Not one works
> right.
> >
> > (Also Conqueror doesn't work as well as it used
> to,
> > but that's a minor detail.)
> >
> > But the main thing I'm interested in is how to
> make
> > a tar.gz file.
> > I want something that adds files and directories,
> > both.
> > And it has to arrange stuff right, like
> directories
> > inside a directory.
> >
> > gzip doesn't work either. It tar.gz-ed each file
> > individually in a
> > directory. What the 773H kind of stupid thing to
> do
> > is that?
> > It was supposed to tar.gz the whole directory.
> >
> > Maybe would have been better staying with Mandrake
> > 8.2.
> >
> > What do I gotta do?
> >
> > Jerry Story
> >
> >
> > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group.
> > FREE!
> >
> >
>
>
> TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group.
> FREE!
>
>
>
4. Re: Q: tar.gz
You should see if you actually have gzip, in the right folder too. You
could try forcing the rpm to re-install. When I installed Mandrake 9.1,
there were a couple parts of packages missing. One of them was bzip2, so I
couldn't use things like man.
>From: Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net>
>Subject: Q: tar.gz
>
>I used to use Gnozip to make tar.gz files.
>Then I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.something.
>
>Now Gnozip doesn't work. It used to work.
>
>I have 4 compression programs. Not one works right.
>
>(Also Conqueror doesn't work as well as it used to,
>but that's a minor detail.)
>
>But the main thing I'm interested in is how to make a tar.gz file.
>I want something that adds files and directories, both.
>And it has to arrange stuff right, like directories inside a directory.
>
>gzip doesn't work either. It tar.gz-ed each file individually in a
>directory. What the 773H kind of stupid thing to do is that?
>It was supposed to tar.gz the whole directory.
>
>Maybe would have been better staying with Mandrake 8.2.
>
>What do I gotta do?
>
>Jerry Story
>
