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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: File compressor
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Date: 12 Feb 91 13:00:03 GMT
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GNU tar will compress your your tar file as it creates it.

tar cfz archive dir-name


I had a few problems compiling version 1.09, so I'm still using 1.08.

It will also uncompress a .tar.Z file, so you don't have to type all
of this.

   zcat archive | tar xf -

Instead, type tar xfz archive.  Include any other tar switches that
you would normally use.


-Mike