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**mairving** · 07-26-2001, 08:14 AM

Okay, I have used tar (-xvf) quite a bit to unpack things. But I have never really used tar to pack things. What I would like to do is this: I have about 700 web pages that are generated from a template file and a perl script. This script takes awhile to run and can't be run on my web hosts site. It is a bit too processor intensive. So I generate the pages and upload them via ftp.

What I would like to do is to put them in a tar file and only upload that file, then I can SSH in and untar them. I have played around with tar and have read the man tar. So what would be the syntax if I wanted to tar a whole directory of files. Thanks.

07-26-2001, 08:14 AM	#1
mairving Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Arlington, TN Posts: 5,538	TAR How to Okay, I have used tar (-xvf) quite a bit to unpack things. But I have never really used tar to pack things. What I would like to do is this: I have about 700 web pages that are generated from a template file and a perl script. This script takes awhile to run and can't be run on my web hosts site. It is a bit too processor intensive. So I generate the pages and upload them via ftp. What I would like to do is to put them in a tar file and only upload that file, then I can SSH in and untar them. I have played around with tar and have read the man tar. So what would be the syntax if I wanted to tar a whole directory of files. Thanks. __________________ Want to Make $$$$ with your Computer? No Risk! Simply press shift-4 four times in a row