On 07/06/10 19:21, Mike McCarty wrote: > Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> 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. >> > Either you have a broken tar, or you aren't using it right. It's > intended to work that way, and has always worked that way. > > Mike > Sorry, I misunderstood his response to my question. 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