gzip question

[Bawitdaba]

Hi!
I know that with gzip it's possible to compress a file which can be later descompress by Winzip in a PC.
The problem is that it only possible with one file at the same time.
Someone knows if there is "something" to compress several files, getting an only one "package" which could be used later in a PC?

i mean, do the same in Unix as the Winzip does.
thanks a lot

[Arturo Perez del Galleg · Accepted solution]

You can to use:
1.- tar
2.- gzip
The first command can use multiple files with low compression. The second command compress the file obtained.

[Bawitdaba]

But tar is not understood in Windows

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

Sure you can.

First create a tar archive with the files you want using tar cvf /dev/rmt/#m /directory, where #m is the tape device file and /directory is the directory you want the files to be archived in. Then, compress the tarred file using gzip.

HTH,
Vince

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

Tar can be opened in Windows using Winzip as well.

HTH,
Vince

[T G Manikandan]

you can use

#tar -cvf a.tar /xxx
#gzip a.tar

which will result in a.tar.gz

transfer it to a PC use the winzip to extract

[harry d brown jr]

To extract .tar and .tar.gz files on Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP use PowerArchiver 6.1 (freeware) or Winzip (commercial). For tar on MSDOS or other systems, see the FAQ of the comp.compression newsgroup.

http://www.gzip.org/

http://www.sfsu.edu/ftp/win/utils/

http://www.winzip.com

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/compression-faq/part1/section-2.html


live free or die
harry

[Tom Jackson]

Try this...

cd some_dir
tar -cf - ./some_sub_dir | gzip - > some_sub_dir.tgz

In the command above, you are doing a tar on a sub dir that can have several files and sub dirs, then piping the output to gzip to compress it. Finally, you are writing your output to a .tgz file. Now transfer the file to your PC. Your windows zip program should be able to read it, decompress it and un-tar it.

hth,

Tom

[Bawitdaba]

i'm trying some test but i don't get it.
I get descompress the file with Winzip but then it's not readable.

???

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

Winzip should identify that a tar archive is present, and opens it accordingly. If not, you might have an old version of Winzip. Download the newest version from http://www.winzip.com .

HTH,
Vince