HI: How can i use use gzip to compress and tar to append the other file: here is is a testcase : file :test1 test2 :~/testtar # tar -czf 1.tar.gz test1 :~/testtar # tar -rzf 1.tar.gz test2 tar: Cannot update compressed archives Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. However tar -cf tar -rf can work fine. I am thinking find a way useing gzip to compress and tar then and need to append any time . Thank you 2011/8/31 j.e.aneiros <jesus.aneiros@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > gzip is a compressor, not an archiver as tar. zip is an archiver and > compressor. So maybe you could use tar with the z option to compress? > > Best regards, --janeiros. > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM, xinyou yan <yxy.716@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi every one , >> >> I was confuse to use gzip in shell. >> You see below. I can use zip -gj make test.tar include the >> testfile and the test1file >> However , use gzip make the test_gzip.tar.gz NULL. >> I see man and use gzip -c file >> tarname. to add a file to a tar file >> . >> Can anyone tell me why? >> You can let /root have two sample file testfile test1file >> >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> anse='/root/test.tar' >> anse_gzip='/root/test_gzip.tar.gz' >> test='/usr/local/sbin/testfile' >> test1='/usr/local/sbin/test1file' >> >> zip -gj $anse $test >> zip -gj $anse $test1 >> >> gzip -c $test >> $anse_gzip >> gzip -c $test1 >> $anse_gzip >> >> I think gzip can do what zip can do in linux . >> >> If I just do >> gzip -c testfile >> test_gzip.tar.gz >> >> It can create the test_gzip.tar.gz file But can't include any file . >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> 嘉谟之行 >> "昔我往矣,杨柳依依 ; 今我来思 ,雨雪霏霏" >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > -- > J. E. Aneiros > GNU/Linux User #190716 en http://counter.li.org > perl -e '$_=pack(c5,0105,0107,0123,0132,(1<<3)+2);y[A-Z][N-ZA-M];print;' > PK fingerprint: 5179 917E 5B34 F073 E11A AFB3 4CB3 5301 4A80 F674 > > -- > 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 > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 嘉谟之行 "昔我往矣,杨柳依依 ; 今我来思 ,雨雪霏霏" ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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