Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli
gunzip < file.tar.gz |tar xfv -
Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli
(g)zip (-r) package-name file(s). Use -r if you want to include subdirectories as well.
Ahh... The semicolon Thanks for the heads up. Yups, thanks for the bzip2 tip as well. I'll use bzip2 when I can, but it isn't installed in the system I'm usingOriginally posted by Mictlantecuhtli
tar -cf package files/directories ;gzip package.tar
By the way, bzip2 compresses much better than gzip.