Tar the file

[gany59]

Hi folks,

I have the file in the /var more than 2 Gb, so i need to tar the file and then gzip the file, because the /var is 100%... Actually the file name is /var/opt/net/compas/180909.. this was the example of the file name.. so to doing the tar and then zip waht is the task i need to carry on this...

Thanks in advance

[Steven Schweda]

These forums have a "search" feature, and a
search for keywords like, say,
tar gzip
should find many examples in old threads.

[R.K. #]

Hi Gany,

You can try this:

# tar cvf /destination/file1.tar /var/opt/net/compas/file1
# gzip -c file1.tar > file1.gz

Mention full path to avoid any confusion.

[Torsten.]

Why tar first? Just gzip it!

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

using tar on one file, i don't see any reason.

use gzip as Torsten said.

mikap

[Steven Schweda]

> Why tar first? [...]

1. Preserve the original file.

2. Preserve the file's attributes (owner,
permissions, ...)

> # tar cvf /destination/file1.tar /var/opt/net/compas/file1
> # gzip -c file1.tar > file1.gz

When disk space is a problem, using a
pipeline seems less likely to cause problems.
As I said, examples abound.

[Torsten.]

OK, valid reasons.

But if var is already at 100% consider to create the tar somewhere else!

[V. Nyga]

Yes - neither tar nor gzip will work in the current directory - it's FULL!
HP-UX will not delete this file during tar or zip ...

What's about /var/tmp - there's rarly a file you'll need ... you can delete here almost everything.

Volkmar