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How to tar files in linux

What is  “tar” ?


tar stands for tape archive.

A group of files and directories can be combined using the tar command to create a highly compressed archive file known as a tarball or as tar, gzip, or bzip in Linux.

How to tar ?

In this example we will create a tar archive file webwithmi.tar for a directory /home/webwithmi in the current working directory. 

Here webwithmi contains the following files and directories
/home/webwithmi/example1.sh
/home/webwithmi/example2.tar.gz
/home/webwithmi/example3
/home/webwithmi/example4.txt
Using the below command we can create a tar archive file.
# tar -cvf webwithmi.tar /home/webwithmi/
Here

  • c - Creates a new .tar archive file.
  • v - Show the .tar file progress
  • f - File name type of archive file

To Create  tar.gz file 


To create a compressed gzip archive file we use the option as  z.
Note:  tar.gz and tgz both are similar
# tar cvzf webwithmi.tar.gz /home/webwithmi
# tar cvzf webwithmi.tgz /home/webwithmi

To Create  tar.bz2 file 

Bz2 is a feature that compresses data and produces an archive file that is smaller than gzip. Compared to gzip, which takes less time, bz2 compression takes longer to compress and decompress files.
# tar cvfj webwithmi.tar.bz2 /home/webwithmi
OR
# tar cvfj webwithmi.tar.tbz /home/webwithmi
OR 
# tar cvfj webwithmi.tar.tb2 /home/webwithmi

Click here ro read about how to untar a file.

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