Re^2: compressing files

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Both of those are buggy and unsafe. The first even looses tar's error code (and the second can loose tar's error code). Use the list form of system to avoid those problems.

system('tar', '-cvf', 'logfiles.tar', @srcfiles);
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Archive::Tar is still better. ( Using a module is usually the way to go, but it might not be the case here. See replies. )

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Re^3: compressing files by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 16, 2006 at 17:08 UTC
There aren't that many cases where Archive::Tar actually is better than using the `tar` program. Archive::Tar builds the whole archive in memory, which can become quite scarce. Also, it creates POSIX style tar files unnecessarily and by default, leading to compatibility problems particularly with WinZip.	[reply] [d/l]

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