Re^2: creating .tar.gz file

The second solution looks promising, some time back I was to do the same, here it goes

$cmd="tar -cvf xyz.tar xyz.txt 2>&1";
system($cmd);
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This creates a archive named xyz.tar containing xyz.txt then

$cmd="gzip xyz.tar 2>&1";
system($cmd);
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will create the xyz.tar.gz file for you!!

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Re^3: creating .tar.gz file by bart (Canon) on Oct 31, 2007 at 12:42 UTC
If your `tar` supports it, the you can make `tar` directly invoke `gzip` in one command, creating a .tar.gz file in one go, using the `-z` command line switch.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: creating .tar.gz file by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Oct 31, 2007 at 13:46 UTC
... or even (from memory, which at my time of life ain't what it used to be) ... `tar -cv xyz.txt \| gzip -c > xyz.tgz`; [download] At last, a user level that best describes my experience :-))	[reply] [d/l]


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