tar

[Michael]

I need to create a gzip file.
This is what I've done:


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michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar -czf PIC03442.ARW
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar --usage
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar -cf PIC03442.ARW -z
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ man tar
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar -c -fz PIC03442.ARW
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ ls
PIC03441.ARW  PIC03441.JPG  PIC03442.ARW  PIC03442.JPG  z
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ rm z
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$ tar -c -zf PIC03442.ARW
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
michael at MyNUC:~/Pictures/calibration images$

it is tar <create>.... what!