Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!huxley!glenn From: glenn@huxley.huxley.bitstream.com (Glenn P. Parker) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: Archiver Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 14:21:19 GMT References: <1991May7.201635.1180@cabezon.uucp> Sender: glenn@huxley.UUCP Reply-To: (Glenn Parker) Distribution: comp Organization: Bitstream, Inc. Lines: 23 In-reply-to: darrinm@cabezon.uucp's message of 7 May 91 20:16:35 GMT In article <1991May7.201635.1180@cabezon.uucp> darrinm@cabezon.uucp (Darrin Mossor) writes: > I am looking for a tool to compress a directory and subdirectories > on a Unix system. Specifically an HP/Apollo Workstation. The tool > would have the ability to archive and restore a directory and would > also compress the result. So what's wrong with tar followed by compress? As in: tar cf dirname.tar dirname # creates dirname.tar compress dirname.tar # replaces it with dirname.tar.Z To restore: uncompress -c dirname.tar.Z | tar xf - tar should already be on your workstation (if you have anything resembling UN*X installed), and compress is widely available via ftp. I use this on an Apollo 3500 all the time. -- Glenn P. Parker glenn@bitstream.com Bitstream, Inc. uunet!huxley!glenn 215 First Street BIX: parker Cambridge, MA 02142-1270