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Re: OK, break it down for me... (question about gzip)
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Re: OK, break it down for me... (question about gzip)


  • Subject: Re: OK, break it down for me... (question about gzip)
  • From: "Stephen J. Butler" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 01:16:22 -0500

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Graham Cox <email@hidden> wrote:
> I need to be able to make a .gzip file from a FOLDER on my hard disk programatically.

a) You can't gzip a folder. That's why people tar the folders, then
gzip the tar file (or just use the 'z' option in tar).

b) In a working OS X system, the unix executables will always be where
they're supposed to be (ie: /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, etc).
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