On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 11:07 +0800, Rocky Ou wrote: > Hey, > > Can anyone tell me how to compress a directory so that I could SCP it > to remote server more quikly? I tried gzip -cf directoryName it does > not work, And then I tried tar -vf DirectoryNme no rerult as well. I > may blind but I could not find solution in gzip --help as well.
the important thing to understand here is that gzip, bzip2, and others only operate on a file. tar is used to make a directory into a file, so to speak. so after you have made your directory into a file, you can then compress it with gzip or bzip2 or whatever. there are already about half a dozen replies to this email explaining how to do that. similarly, gunzip and its siblings only uncompress a file, so you need to uncompress your tar file first, then you can untar the file into the directory on the remote machine. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
