On 07/06/10 18:08, jack craig wrote: > it only makes sense, zip deflated the individual files and tar is > ignorance of that requirement. > hence the untar, then unzip. > > you might consider > > $tar czvf /tmp/bob.tar.gz /home/bobg/ > > then each file is compressed by tar on the way to the tarball. > i think then you can do a > > $tar xzvf /tmp/bob.tar.gx /home/bobg/somefile > > and i think that might do what you want. > > but test first! :) > No, that doesn't seem to work. I can list the whole thing but not individual directories or files. That's ok, I just thought there might have been a way that I had missed. Thanks. Bob -- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines