** File compression : managing &
transferring data on a linux system.
Tar command : tape archive that allow
users to create compressed & archive
les .
Extension : file.tar
Syntax :
Tar [options] [ archive le name ]
[ le/dir location ]
Options : optional ags or settings that
modify the behaviour of the tar
command
Archive le : the name of the archive
le you are creating or working with
File / dir : you want to include in the
archive
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**** Options
-c : create an archive by bundling les
& dir together
-x : extracts le & dir from an existing
archive
-f : speci es the lename of the
archive to be created or extracted
-t : display or list the file
-u : add some new le/dir /archive to an
existing archive
-v : display verbose information,
detailed output
-A : add multiple archive into a single
archive
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-z : uses gzip compression when
creating a tar le
Example :
1. Creating a uncompressed tar archive
Tar -cvf file.tar dirname
2. Extracting uncompressed tar
tar -xvf file.tar
3. Display the data inside a tar
Tar -tvf file.tar
4. Creating a compressed tar
tar -cvzf file.tar.gz filename
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5. Extracting a compressed tar
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz
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