UNIX help - using tar and gzip in one command

[roukie_dba]

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Can someone give me the syntax of how to use the tar command on a bunch of files in the current directory and then pipe it to the gzip command. I have tried the following and it doesn't work:

tar -cvf rman_hot.tar . | gzip > rman_hot.tar.gz

Thanks a lot in advance,

[tamilselvan]

tar cvf - test*.log | gzip >test_tar.Z

[roukie_dba]

Thanks T. for the quick response. One question though, what does the dash '-' after cvf means?

Thanks again!

[marist89]

it means to send the tarball to stdout instead of a file...