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Created March 4, 2014 15:31
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This is how to compress a folder via shell on the webpage running linux.
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gzip folder on webserver
In two steps:
1) tar -c -f archive_name.tar some_file_or_dir
2) gzip archive_name.tar
Found here:
http://superuser.com/questions/264952/how-to-compress-a-file-in-unix?rq=1
In one step:
tar cvpzf archive_name.tgz some_file_or_dir
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