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Old 02-25-03, 18:18
koganti koganti is offline
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How to tar a directory on AIX

I have the following directory structute
/fmac/dea/backup/scripts

I want to zip the directory scripts

What is the command on AIX to tar a directory


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Old 02-28-03, 04:20
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Re: How to tar a directory on AIX

tar cvf scripts.tar /fmac/dea/backup/scripts

If you do a binary ftp to windows, you will be able to open it with Winzip

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I have the following directory structute
/fmac/dea/backup/scripts

I want to zip the directory scripts

What is the command on AIX to tar a directory


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Old 02-28-03, 10:54
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