Recursive tar compression?
I'd like to create a tar file to compress a folder that contains sub folders. I'm trying with the following command int in the terminal:
tar -czf folder directorios.tar.gz
directorios.tar.gz would be the result
command-line tar
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I'd like to create a tar file to compress a folder that contains sub folders. I'm trying with the following command int in the terminal:
tar -czf folder directorios.tar.gz
directorios.tar.gz would be the result
command-line tar
edited Oct 9 '16 at 4:18
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I'd like to create a tar file to compress a folder that contains sub folders. I'm trying with the following command int in the terminal:
tar -czf folder directorios.tar.gz
directorios.tar.gz would be the result
command-line tar
edited Oct 9 '16 at 4:18
andrew.46
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asked Oct 9 '16 at 3:05
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I'd like to create a tar file to compress a folder that contains sub folders. I'm trying with the following command int in the terminal:
tar -czf folder directorios.tar.gz
directorios.tar.gz would be the result
command-line tar
command-line tar
edited Oct 9 '16 at 4:18
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asked Oct 9 '16 at 3:05
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edited Oct 9 '16 at 4:18
andrew.46
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Try:
tar -czvf directorios.tar.gz folder
A few notes:
Recursion is the default, from the
tarman pages:
-c, --create
Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be archived.
Directories are archived recursively, unless the --no-recursion option is
given.
Although this can be turned off by using the
--no-recursionoption...
You need the archive name immediately after the
-foption, the correct sequence being:
tar -c [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
^^^^^^^^^^
For a more flexible command line (particularly if you wanted to use other compression utilities apart from gzip with tar) you could omit the
-zoption and use-aor--auto-compressoption to allow tar to automatically decide which compressor to use based on the archive suffix:
-a, --auto-compress
Use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
Recognised suffixes (and their attendant compressing applications) are:
- .gz : gzip
- .tgz : gzip
- .taz : gzip
- .Z : compress
- .taZ : compress
- .bz2 : bzip2
- .tz2 : bzip2
- .tbz2 : bzip2
- .tbz : bzip2
- .lz : lzip
- .lzma : lzma
- .tlz : lzma
- .lzo : lzop
- .xz : xz
tar is pretty cool :)
References:
8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives Sound information on using the auto-compress options with tar as well as the possibilities for accomplishing the same goal with a more manual and flexible option...
answered Oct 9 '16 at 3:09
andrew.46andrew.46
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Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the-zoption and use-ato allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
I used both-zand-aand didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
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Try:
tar -czvf directorios.tar.gz folder
A few notes:
Recursion is the default, from the
tarman pages:
-c, --create
Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be archived.
Directories are archived recursively, unless the --no-recursion option is
given.
Although this can be turned off by using the
--no-recursionoption...
You need the archive name immediately after the
-foption, the correct sequence being:
tar -c [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
^^^^^^^^^^
For a more flexible command line (particularly if you wanted to use other compression utilities apart from gzip with tar) you could omit the
-zoption and use-aor--auto-compressoption to allow tar to automatically decide which compressor to use based on the archive suffix:
-a, --auto-compress
Use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
Recognised suffixes (and their attendant compressing applications) are:
- .gz : gzip
- .tgz : gzip
- .taz : gzip
- .Z : compress
- .taZ : compress
- .bz2 : bzip2
- .tz2 : bzip2
- .tbz2 : bzip2
- .tbz : bzip2
- .lz : lzip
- .lzma : lzma
- .tlz : lzma
- .lzo : lzop
- .xz : xz
tar is pretty cool :)
References:
8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives Sound information on using the auto-compress options with tar as well as the possibilities for accomplishing the same goal with a more manual and flexible option...
answered Oct 9 '16 at 3:09
andrew.46andrew.46
21.5k1469148
Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the-zoption and use-ato allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
I used both-zand-aand didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
add a comment |
Try:
tar -czvf directorios.tar.gz folder
A few notes:
Recursion is the default, from the
tarman pages:
-c, --create
Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be archived.
Directories are archived recursively, unless the --no-recursion option is
given.
Although this can be turned off by using the
--no-recursionoption...
You need the archive name immediately after the
-foption, the correct sequence being:
tar -c [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
^^^^^^^^^^
For a more flexible command line (particularly if you wanted to use other compression utilities apart from gzip with tar) you could omit the
-zoption and use-aor--auto-compressoption to allow tar to automatically decide which compressor to use based on the archive suffix:
-a, --auto-compress
Use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
Recognised suffixes (and their attendant compressing applications) are:
- .gz : gzip
- .tgz : gzip
- .taz : gzip
- .Z : compress
- .taZ : compress
- .bz2 : bzip2
- .tz2 : bzip2
- .tbz2 : bzip2
- .tbz : bzip2
- .lz : lzip
- .lzma : lzma
- .tlz : lzma
- .lzo : lzop
- .xz : xz
tar is pretty cool :)
References:
8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives Sound information on using the auto-compress options with tar as well as the possibilities for accomplishing the same goal with a more manual and flexible option...
answered Oct 9 '16 at 3:09
andrew.46andrew.46
21.5k1469148
Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the-zoption and use-ato allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
I used both-zand-aand didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
add a comment |
Try:
tar -czvf directorios.tar.gz folder
A few notes:
Recursion is the default, from the
tarman pages:
-c, --create
Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be archived.
Directories are archived recursively, unless the --no-recursion option is
given.
Although this can be turned off by using the
--no-recursionoption...
You need the archive name immediately after the
-foption, the correct sequence being:
tar -c [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
^^^^^^^^^^
For a more flexible command line (particularly if you wanted to use other compression utilities apart from gzip with tar) you could omit the
-zoption and use-aor--auto-compressoption to allow tar to automatically decide which compressor to use based on the archive suffix:
-a, --auto-compress
Use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
Recognised suffixes (and their attendant compressing applications) are:
- .gz : gzip
- .tgz : gzip
- .taz : gzip
- .Z : compress
- .taZ : compress
- .bz2 : bzip2
- .tz2 : bzip2
- .tbz2 : bzip2
- .tbz : bzip2
- .lz : lzip
- .lzma : lzma
- .tlz : lzma
- .lzo : lzop
- .xz : xz
tar is pretty cool :)
References:
8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives Sound information on using the auto-compress options with tar as well as the possibilities for accomplishing the same goal with a more manual and flexible option...
answered Oct 9 '16 at 3:09
andrew.46andrew.46
21.5k1469148
Try:
tar -czvf directorios.tar.gz folder
A few notes:
Recursion is the default, from the
tarman pages:
-c, --create
Create a new archive. Arguments supply the names of the files to be archived.
Directories are archived recursively, unless the --no-recursion option is
given.
Although this can be turned off by using the
--no-recursionoption...
You need the archive name immediately after the
-foption, the correct sequence being:
tar -c [-f ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...]
^^^^^^^^^^
For a more flexible command line (particularly if you wanted to use other compression utilities apart from gzip with tar) you could omit the
-zoption and use-aor--auto-compressoption to allow tar to automatically decide which compressor to use based on the archive suffix:
-a, --auto-compress
Use archive suffix to determine the compression program.
Recognised suffixes (and their attendant compressing applications) are:
- .gz : gzip
- .tgz : gzip
- .taz : gzip
- .Z : compress
- .taZ : compress
- .bz2 : bzip2
- .tz2 : bzip2
- .tbz2 : bzip2
- .tbz : bzip2
- .lz : lzip
- .lzma : lzma
- .tlz : lzma
- .lzo : lzop
- .xz : xz
tar is pretty cool :)
References:
8.1.1 Creating and Reading Compressed Archives Sound information on using the auto-compress options with tar as well as the possibilities for accomplishing the same goal with a more manual and flexible option...
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Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the-zoption and use-ato allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
I used both-zand-aand didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
add a comment |
Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the-zoption and use-ato allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
I used both-zand-aand didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
Is directorios.tar.gz a gzip tarfile? I have red that -cz creates a gzip and -v(verbose) shows the process.
– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 3:28
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the
-z option and use -a to allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam Indeed, my apologies, I have added this in. You could omit the
-z option and use -a to allow tar to guess from the archive suffix....– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:50
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
@sam OK I have bulked up the answer considerably, hopefully some useful additions in there for you :)
– andrew.46
Oct 9 '16 at 3:59
I used both
-z and -a and didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
I used both
-z and -a and didn't notice any difference(i'm working on a remote server). Both tars weight the same. In the exercise I'm asked to create a gzip, then decompress it using gunzip. Thanks for all the help!– Sam
Oct 9 '16 at 4:04
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