July 1, 200223 yr You generally would use gzip, I think. This creates a *.tar file. I do not know the actual syntax though.
December 4, 200223 yr I use tar cvzf "name of resultant file" "directory to backup" this tars and compresses the file. I run it in a script to compress and ftp the file automatically to a remote backup. For further info on tar use man tar in a terminal window. You can also use gzip (man gzip) to just compress the files. Stephen
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