Difference between revisions of "Linux tar"
From John Freier
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*.tgz - dos use to only allow three char extensions, so this is tar and gziped. | *.tgz - dos use to only allow three char extensions, so this is tar and gziped. | ||
*.tar.gz - modern extension for tar and gzip compressed. | *.tar.gz - modern extension for tar and gzip compressed. | ||
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| + | == Extract an archive == | ||
| + | To extract an arcive | ||
| + | tar -zxvf ./file.tgz | ||
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| + | These options mean | ||
| + | z - decompres using gzip | ||
| + | x - Extract to disk from the archive | ||
| + | v - Verbose output, show all the files while extracting. | ||
| + | f - file | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 17 March 2016
Tar commands
Create an archive
To tar up a folder
tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/*
These options mean
c - create a new archive z - use gzip to compress the archive f - file
When using tar, these are the extensions.
*.tar - just archived no compression *.tgz - dos use to only allow three char extensions, so this is tar and gziped. *.tar.gz - modern extension for tar and gzip compressed.
Extract an archive
To extract an arcive
tar -zxvf ./file.tgz
These options mean
z - decompres using gzip x - Extract to disk from the archive v - Verbose output, show all the files while extracting. f - file
