skundu
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"Tar" and "Zip" UNIX files
In my UNIX operating system, I have several files and
directories in my home directory.
How can I "tar" and "zip" the contents of all the files
and directories, subdirectories, files in them together
in a file named "home.tar.zip".
Example: My home directory is: "/home/myname/"
Here are the contents:
/home/myname/>ls
dir1 dir2 file1 file2
/home/myname/dir1/>ls
dir3 file3
/home/myname/dir1/dir3/>ls
file4 file5
/home/myname/dir2/>ls
file6
How can I tar and zip all files/directories/subdirec
thanks.
directories in my home directory.
How can I "tar" and "zip" the contents of all the files
and directories, subdirectories, files in them together
in a file named "home.tar.zip".
Example: My home directory is: "/home/myname/"
Here are the contents:
/home/myname/>ls
dir1 dir2 file1 file2
/home/myname/dir1/>ls
dir3 file3
/home/myname/dir1/dir3/>ls
file4 file5
/home/myname/dir2/>ls
file6
How can I tar and zip all files/directories/subdirec
thanks.
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One of the easiest ways I have found is to use gzip and GNU tar. You can download both at www.sunfreeware.com. One you have these installed, you can type this command:
tar -zcvf home.tgz
With GNU tar, the -z option is added to automatically gzip the files when it creates the tarball. It just makes for less commands, as the other suggestions above are just as good.
Mark
NOTE: Even if you are not using solaris, www.sunfreeware.com has the sourcecode also. You can also check sites related to your specific flavor.
tar -zcvf home.tgz
With GNU tar, the -z option is added to automatically gzip the files when it creates the tarball. It just makes for less commands, as the other suggestions above are just as good.
Mark
NOTE: Even if you are not using solaris, www.sunfreeware.com has the sourcecode also. You can also check sites related to your specific flavor.
ASKER
Thanks a lot everybody...
skundu
skundu
Here's what you can do tp make a tar ball, of your home dir:
(I assume you login as yourself)
1. cd ~
2. tar cvf backup.tar .
where . means that the current dir, you can replace . with the file, dirs you want to put in, eg:
tar cvf backup.tar file1 file2 ... dir1 dir2
To make a compress file of the tar ball, you have a lot of options:
1. use the compress command:
compress backup.tar
this will create a compress file named: backup.tar.Z.
and you use uncompress command to uncompress it
2. use the zip command: (create a backup.tar.zip file)
zip backup.tar.zip backup.tar
use unzip to unzip the file
3. if you have gzip install on your systems:
gzip backup.tar
this will create backup.tar.gz file
and you use gunzip to unzip it.
Note: 1, and 3, will autodelete the backup.tar file after the .Z or .gz file is created. 2 will leave the backup.tar alone.
In some of the UNIX system, you might have to create you tar ball
out side your home dir:
tar cvf /tmp/backup.tar .
mv /tmp/backup.tar .
I hope this can help.
Regards
yuzh