Create a tar.xz in one command
I am trying to create a .tar.xz compressed archive in one command. What is the specific syntax for that? I have tried tar … Read more
I am trying to create a .tar.xz compressed archive in one command. What is the specific syntax for that? I have tried tar … Read more
I have a file that contain list of files I want to archive with tar. Let’s call it mylist.txt It contains: file1.txt file2.txt … Read more
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I normally compress using tar zcvf and decompress using tar zxvf (using gzip due to habit). I’ve recently gotten a quad core CPU … Read more
I have an archive *.tar.gz How can I uncompress this in a destination directory? 5 Answers 5
I have the following command in the part of a backup shell script: tar -cjf site1.bz2 /var/www/site1/ When I list the contents of … Read more
I typically do: tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz my_directory What if I just want to include everything (including any hidden system files) in my_directory, but … Read more
Is there a simple shell command/script that supports excluding certain files/folders from being archived? I have a directory that need to be archived … Read more