copy and gzip at the same time.

[someone_4]

Hello everyone,

I have seen a post about this but I cant seem to find it. But how can I copy and gzip at the same time.

thanks
Richard

[Andreas Voss · Accepted solution]

Hi,

when doing eg.:

cp /srcpath/file /destpath/file

you could to with zipping:

cat /srcpath/file | gzip -c >/destpath/file.gz

Regards

[Patrick Wallek]

Something like this:

# gzip < /path/to/original_file > /newpath/to/original_file.gz

[Robin Wakefield]

Hi Richard,

gzip -c file > file.gz

rgds, Robin

[Tom Jackson]

Hi Richard:

Check out this thread -> http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x3fa193e260b0d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

hth,

Tom