Compress selected files with GNU tar

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Quick Start

To use Compress selected files with GNU tar, select any files you wish to compress within the data grid.
Resources: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/#TOCmanual

Test Data

Test data for this app has not been provided. You may use any number of files from your data store to perform this operation. Files selected are not limited to a particular directory for this application.

Input File(s)

Use any file of any type to run this application.

Parameters Used in App

When the app is run in the Discovery Environment, use the following parameters with the above input file(s) to get the output provided in the next section below.

Default parameters only, no further configuration needed.

Output File(s)

Expect a gzipped tar file as output if using default parameters. For the test case, the output file you will find is named archive.gz

Tool Source for App

http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/#TOCdownloading