Is there a single command to tar and gzip?

[Brad Beard]

I'm looking for a command that will tar up a directory and gzip it as well. Is there a single command that can take care of both of these tasks without having to tar the directory then gzip it up? Thanks.

[Alan Riggs · Accepted solution]

tar cvf - | gzip > name.tar.gz

[Rick Garland]

GNU tar is available from the porting center for 10.20 and 11.00. Can use the -z or -Z option to tar and gzip;

tar -czvf archieve.tar.gz $files


To untar a gziped archieve;

gunzip -c archieve.tar.gz | tar xvf -