From: "David N. Springer" <springer@...>
Date: 2005-02-18T03:14:01+09:00
Subject: Re: question about tar in Ruby

Ghelani, Vidhi wrote:

>Hi, 
>
> 
>
>I am trying to package a  .tar.gz   file using ruby. I have packaged a
>.tar file using the same ruby code and it works perfectly fine. However,
>when I use the same code for a .tar.gz file, it give me an error while
>trying to open it . It says that this is not a tar file. I know I need
>to change something in my ruby code. 
>
>There are a few things that I changed i.e. 1) the extension from .tar to
>.tar.gz
>
>However there is a command at the end of the code which does 
>
>           Tar -cf   #.tar.gz file  # a folder which contains the
>install and license and everything to do with this file.
>
> 
>
>Now I know that I need to change the above code, since this is not a tar
>file. Does anyone know wot to do ??
>
> 
>
>Any help is appreciated,
>
>Thanx,
>
>Vidhi.
>  
>
change tar -cf #.tar.gz file to tar -czf #.tar.gz file

-- 
David