topic Re: similiar function as tar in Operating System - HP-UX

similiar function as tar

ust3 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:08:43 GMT

what command have the similiar function as tar ? I would like to pack and zip some files in a directoy .

thx

Re: similiar function as tar

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:10:47 GMT

Shalom,

cpio
gzip
pax

All perform similar functions.

SEP

Re: similiar function as tar

spex — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:42:39 GMT

zip
gzip
compress
bzip2
pax
cpio
ar

Re: similiar function as tar

Torsten. — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:46:42 GMT

Some similar to this?

tar -cvf - /home/mydir |gzip > zipfile.gz

Re: similiar function as tar

Sp4admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:56:03 GMT

Hello,

#cpio
#gzip
#compress
#pax

sp,

Re: similiar function as tar

Steven Schweda — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:59:32 GMT

> I would like to pack and zip some files in
> a directoy .

Why? And do what with them?

If you're keeping the stuff on a UNIX system,
then what's wrong with "tar" (possibly with
gzip or bzip2 compression)?

If you plan to move the stuff to a non-UNIX
system, then Zip might be a better choice.

"tar" is _very_ similar to "tar". If you
already have "tar", why do you want something
which is similar to "tar" but not "tar"?