Creating Smaller Archives with compress and tar Commands

Environment

OS Level: AIX Version 4.2.0
Type/Model: 560

Problem

How can the compress command be combined with the tar command to create a smaller archive?

Solution

The following steps describe this process:
  1. For the backup process, enter: 
       tar -cvf- . | compress | dd of=[tarfile]
  2. For the listing process, enter: 
       dd if=[tarfile] | uncompress | tar -tvf-
  3. For the restore process, enter: 
       dd if=[tarfile] | uncompress | tar -xvf-



[ Doc Ref: 95634830912968     Publish Date: Apr. 28, 2000]