How can I create a tar zip file without creating an intermediate file(s) ?. I need to do this to create a quick backup to disk but I do not have the disk space to tar the files to a file and then compress the tar file or visa versa.

Thanks.

tar -cvf - <files> | gzip -c > backup.tar.gz

Thanks a lot !

I am assuming

gunzip backup.tar.gz | tar -zvf -
Will layout the files again ?

Thanks again

gunzip -c backup.tar.gz | tar -xvf -

"Winston Douglas" <whdouglas@home.com> wrote in message
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[color={usenetquotecolor}]> Thanks a lot ![/color]
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[color={usenetquotecolor}]> Will layout the files again ?[/color]
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with GNU tar you can use

tar -xzvf backup.tar.gz

and that will do the tick.

regards,
esv