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Old January 3rd, 2002, 07:36 PM
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Newbie :: Very Easy Question- Creating a zip/tar file
Hello there,

I feel so stupid asking this question, but I would like to know what commands I need to type to get my FreeBSD system to create a recursive zip/tar file...

I need to create the zip/tar file on the system them FTP and unzip with the directory structure onto a windows machine....

Can someone please help me??

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Just cd to the parent dir where you want its dir tree to be tar'ed up then issue this command:

To tar up /var/log, for example:

cd /var
tar zfc backup.tar.gz log

To create zip archive you need to install /usr/ports/archivers/zip.

BTW, you do not need to specify Newbie :: Very Easy Question- in your subject. You'd get flamed (especially by me) if you do this in other forums.
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Hey there thanks for that.....

What option would I use on a solarus box? tried the

tar zfc backup.tar.gz log

But it does not like the z option... would you know what to use there?
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Sorry I don't run Solaris so you will have to RTFM on man 1 tar to find out the equivalent.
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What option would I use on a solarus box? tried the

tar zfc backup.tar.gz log


Perhaps you need to pipe the output from the tar command to a gzip command? I'm no sysadmin, but maybe something like:

Code:
tar cvf log | gzip > backup.tar.gz


Don't blame me if this doesn't work - backup first! Also search the web, especially google.com (cf http://www.google.com/search?source...gz+solaris+unix).
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