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06-01-2005	#1 (permalink)
moron Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	tar.gz file with password Code: # tar cf file.tar file # gz -9 file.tar that's the command when compressing file to tar.gz format but it CAN NOT archieving file with password, not like when i used winzip or winrar in windows os. so, how to compressing file to tar.gz format but with password. and how to do it in tar.bz2 format (compressing file to tar.bz2 with password) ? thank for the help

06-01-2005	#2 (permalink)
sether Linux Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 826	gz isn't a command on my computer, though it might be on yours. To gzip a file do Code: $ gzip file.tar and to bzip2 it do Code: $ bzip2 file.tar There shouldn't be a password required to compress a file.

06-02-2005	#3 (permalink)
Chromatic Distortion Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Noplace Interesting Posts: 76	It seems like you're trying to encrypt the archive with a password. Try- gpg -c <file_name> gpg should ask you for a passphrase (aka password). To decrypt-> gpg <file_name>.gpg Again gpg, will ask you for a passphrase to decrypt the file. Oh, and to make .bz2 files try tar -cjvf <output_file> <input_file>

06-02-2005	#4 (permalink)
sether Linux Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 826	Oh, oops, I forgot about the password thing. /me runs and hides

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