tar doesn't use compression. It just creates archives. If you want compression, you should use bzip2 or gzip in combination with tar. Richard <cms0009@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Since using (K)ubuntu 5 - 7.04 never had a problem with doing this. in my home directory there is .kde dir, then share dir, then apps dir, I used to do this: right click on the apps dir, and select compress as .tar Then I would move that apps.tar to my external usb drive for archive/Backup However... been trying to do this since monday, for some reason, it looks like the compression schema is hanging or something is interfering with compression the folder size is 1.6 GB previouse folder size (7.04) was 1.4 GB So, what gives ? I did compress a small file 500 mb on my desktop (no-problem) but doing inside my home directory, there seems to be problem. Anyone ? TIA Richard -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </blockquote> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com