On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:23:35 +0300 James Matthews wrote: > How do you get bzip2 to compress directories? use tar. tar cvjf mydirectory.tar.bz2 mydirectory That will tar and bzip2 the directory called mydirectory and leave you with a file named mydirectory.tar.bz2 -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com