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DamonHD - 10:37 pm on Nov 23, 2007 (gmt 0)
1) Don't use the v option on tar else the verbose output will/may get mixed up with the tar output and corrupt the archive. 2) Use the -9 option on gzip if you want decent compression, which is probably good for backups. Rgds Damon
You want tar cf - directory ¦ gzip -9 > directory.tar.gz