Hi all, please excuse me for this OT question. which is the best way to compress a directory and write to tape in AIX5.2L ? i see various combinations of tar, gzip , dd ... on the net to do this task. Regards, Prem. --- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To read recent messages - //freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2004