Problem with Archiving .tar

[Richard]

On Tuesday 30 October 2007 1:53:30 pm Chris Lemire wrote:
> tar doesn't use compression. It just creates archives. If you want compression, you should use bzip2 or gzip in combination with tar.

Thanks for Pointing Out the tar doesn't use compression, BUT my problem is still here !



> 
> Richard <cms0009 at gmail.com> wrote: 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
>