In-reply-to: <19990130013922.28708.qmail@ww183.netaddress.usa.net> from Bill Bell at "Jan 29, 99 07:39:22 pm"
Hello,
> tar czf /path/to/archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory
Note that if you want to use this on a non-Debian system, some versions of
tar don't take the "z" switch. In that case, compress or gzip separately.
Jiri