[plug] appending files

[Russell Steicke]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 02:09:41PM +0800, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> On 20 Sep 2002, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> 
> > I need to append files that are already compressed (log files) into one
> > (1) file.
> > Would the best way be to unzip the file and do a cp file1+file2?
> 
> You have to deconpress them.

If they're gzipped (.gz), you can just cat them together.  Two
concatenated gzip files make a valid gzip file.