Re: Saving data

From	Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: Saving data
Date	2011-04-29 18:49 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2011-04-29, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
> But there is also gzip, which doesn't seem like a bad solution.
>

Unless the functionality has been added with the most recent versions,
gzip _by itself_ only compresses single files into standalone compressed
versions of themselves. It does not compress multiple input files into one
combined archive.

For that functionality, you need to use it with a archiving tool like tar.

Simon.

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Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 13:43 +0000
  Re: Saving data Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2011-04-29 13:57 +0000
    Re: Saving data Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2011-04-29 14:13 +0000
    Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 14:33 +0000
      Re: Saving data Rob Brown <mylastname@gmcl.com> - 2011-04-29 09:32 -0600
        Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 15:54 +0000
          Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 09:04 -0700
            Re: Saving data Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-29 18:52 +0200
          Re: Saving data Alan Fay <alan_fay@symantec.com> - 2011-04-30 15:01 -0700
            Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-30 23:57 +0000
              Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-01 00:39 +0000
                Re: Saving data BillPedersen <pedersen@ccsscorp.com> - 2011-04-30 18:06 -0700
                Re: Saving data Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2011-04-30 21:28 -0700
                Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-01 05:36 +0000
              Re: Saving data JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2011-04-30 21:23 -0400
                Re: Saving data Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2011-04-30 21:31 -0700
                Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-01 05:38 +0000
                Re: Saving data Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2011-04-30 22:58 -0700
                Re: Saving data "Martin Vorlaender" <mv@pdv-systeme.de> - 2011-05-01 11:50 +0200
                Re: Saving data koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-02 09:52 -0500
                Re: Saving data Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-05-01 17:28 +0200
                Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-01 21:23 +0000
                Re: Saving data helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-05-01 16:45 +0000
                Re: Saving data koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-02 09:47 -0500
              Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 19:40 -0700
              Re: Saving data helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-05-01 16:43 +0000
                Re: Saving data koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-02 09:53 -0500
                Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-02 17:35 +0000
            Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 19:23 -0700
              Re: Saving data Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-05-01 17:24 +0200
    Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-04-29 17:50 +0000
      Re: Saving data Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2011-04-29 18:49 +0000
        Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-04-29 21:08 +0000
          Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 15:00 -0700
            Re: Saving data glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-04-29 22:31 +0000
            Re: Saving data Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-30 15:49 +0200
      Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 15:15 -0700
  Re: Saving data chrisj.doran@proemail.co.uk - 2011-04-29 07:08 -0700
    Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 14:39 +0000
      Re: Saving data chrisj.doran@proemail.co.uk - 2011-04-29 07:47 -0700
        Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:00 -0700
      Re: Saving data Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfield@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:05 -0700
        Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:13 -0700
      Re: Saving data Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-29 17:59 +0200
  Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 07:35 -0700
    Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 15:13 +0000
      Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:36 -0700
      Re: Saving data Rob Brown <mylastname@gmcl.com> - 2011-04-29 10:03 -0600
  Re: Saving data JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2011-04-29 10:55 -0400
    Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 15:16 +0000
      Re: Saving data Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> - 2011-04-29 17:33 +0200
        Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:44 -0700
          Re: Saving data Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> - 2011-04-29 17:49 +0200
            Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 09:09 -0700
        Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 16:02 +0000
          Re: Saving data Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> - 2011-04-29 19:26 +0200
            Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 17:44 +0000
              Re: Saving data Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfield@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 12:30 -0700
              Re: Saving data Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> - 2011-04-30 00:31 +0200
      Re: Saving data jbriggs444 <jbriggs444@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:38 -0700
        Re: Saving data billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2011-04-29 16:06 +0000
          Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 09:18 -0700
          Re: Saving data Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfield@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 12:18 -0700
      Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 08:48 -0700
    Re: Saving data helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-04-29 15:50 +0000
  Re: Saving data helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-04-29 15:49 +0000
  Re: Saving data Keith Parris <keithparris_deletethis@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-29 13:35 -0600
    Re: Saving data Rich Jordan <jordan@ccs4vms.com> - 2011-04-29 13:16 -0700
      Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 14:49 -0700
        Re: Saving data JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2011-04-29 19:41 -0400
    Re: Saving data Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 14:36 -0700
      Re: Saving data Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfield@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 15:19 -0700
  Re: Saving data "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> - 2011-04-29 20:35 -0400

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