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torben

22nd May 2005 13:49

Create .tar.gz

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm a total noob... :o

I'd like to create a tar.gz archive of a directory, and I'd like to keep the permissions of the files and directories in the tar.gz. How do I do it?

Torben

tylerdurden

22nd May 2005 20:43

Code:

tar -pczf name_of_your_archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory

tyler

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