#zip test (directory name) #bzip test (directory name) #ls Result will be Test.z test.bz2 #uncompress test.z #uncompress test.bz2 #gzip test #uncompress test #gunzip test Backup TAR = TAPE ARCHIVE #tar –cvf newfile.tar (filename) C= Create V= Verbose F= file #tar –cvf /backup/file.tar /root/file1 ---------------- ---------- destination source (we can use a* for file which start with a) (also use *.* for directory) #tar –cvf hi.tar a* ------ (file) #tar –tvf file2.tar (to see the contain of file) Restore #tar –xvf file2.tar x= extract (as per this command file will extract in /root) (for ZIP File command will be like under:) #tar –Zcvf file.tar.z (to compress Z is cap) #tar –Zxvf file.tar.z (to extract Z is cap) #tar –zcvf file.tar.gz (gzip) (z is small) #tar –zxvf file.tar.gz (gzip) #tar –jcvf file.tar.bz2 (bzip) #tar –jxvf file.tar.bz2 (bzip) #tar –cvf newfile.tar newfile1,newfle2,newfile3 (to add more file in 1 archive) (to take bakup of directory) #tar –cvf –c fle1.tar test (test is directory) #tar –tvf –c #tar –xvf –c #tar –cvf newdir.tar existingdir/ #tar –xvf directory.tar |
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