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Re: xxx.tar.gz on Windows.



On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 04:02:27AM +0000, Jens K. Olsen wrote:
> Didn't even try that since I was able to finally get the files with the
> method described above. BTW. How do I create the .tgz rather than the
> .tar.gz? Do I rename it after creating the archive? Can I do it in "one
> shot"? It seems there is some script in the Debian distribution, but it
> doesn't seem to work.
> 
 Glad it's working for ya. Yes, tar can create *.tgz files in one fell
 swoop. I indicated how parenthetically,
 $ tar czf mydir.tgz mydir
 where mydir is some directory of files. The 'z' flag tells it to
 gzip/gunzip the file depending on context {c|t|x}.
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