Linux compression

[dale]

How can I compress filemaker files on a Linux box?

[Kurt Knippel]

You generally would use gzip, I think. This creates a *.tar file. I do not know the actual syntax though.

[Digitalfusion]

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