[nassau]

Hi, I'm supposed to deliver something as a gZip Tarball, and I'm on OSX 10.3. Can I use "Create Archive", which is built into Finder? Or do I have to download something?

Anyone?

[chucker]

In Terminal:

tar czf nameOfYourTarball.tar.gz nameOfYourOriginalFolder

So, type:

tar czf

, then type in what you want to name it, and then drag the folder onto the line.

[nassau]

ok thanks. and this would be different from using "Create Archive"?

[chucker]

Finder's archive creation support is for .zip, which is a different format than you asked for.

[nassau]

ok, thanks!

[TMT]

I tried it, but it doesnt work with any folder, it just says:

tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

[nassau]

hmm, i haven't tried it yet. how do i unzip it to test the result?
also, has anyone tried CocoaZip http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16149 ?

[chucker]

Originally Posted by TMT I tried it, but it doesnt work with any folder, it just says: tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

What does your line look like?

[staph]

Originally Posted by TMT I tried it, but it doesnt work with any folder, it just says: tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

That's expected behaviour. Does it create the tar.gzip file?

[nassau]

terminal command works like a charm! thanks!



btw, the resulting archive lands up top in the user folder. i had to look for it..

[staph]

if you just typed in the filename as blah.tar.gz, it'll be in the folder you were in when you typed the command.

Type this in the Terminal to open the folder in the Finder:

open .

-S

[staph]

Originally Posted by nassau hmm, i haven't tried it yet. how do i unzip it to test the result? also, has anyone tried CocoaZip http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16149 ?

Either double click it in 10.3+, or do the following in the terminal:

tar xzf blah.tar.gz

Where you replace blah.tar.gz with the name of the file (and if it's not in the folder you're currently in, the path to it as well).

[nassau]

thanks