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| - | ====== Tar ====== | ||
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| - | **General Information** | ||
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| - | Tar archiving utility. | ||
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| - | **Checklist** | ||
| - | * Distro(s): Any | ||
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| - | ====== Tar Options ====== | ||
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| - | Options | ||
| - | * -c => create new archive | ||
| - | * -t => list contents of archive | ||
| - | * -x => extract files from archive | ||
| - | * -z => compress or decompress in gzip (depending upon if -x or -c was also passed) | ||
| - | * -v => display files as they are processed | ||
| - | * -j => use bzip2 | ||
| - | * -r => append/add file to the end of the existing archive | ||
| - | * -u => update a file in an existing archive if the source is newer | ||
| - | * -f => archive filename | ||
| - | * --selinux => include selinux contexts | ||
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| - | ====== Tar Examples ====== | ||
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| - | Archive and compress (using gzip) the /var/log directory | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | tar -cvzf logs.tar.gz /var/log | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | \\ | ||
| - | List contents of archive | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | tar -tf logs.tar.gz | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Decompress and unpack at the same time to current directory | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | tar -zxvf logs.tar.gz | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | \\ | ||
| - | Decompress and unpack at the same time to a different existing directory | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | tar -zxvf logs.tar.gz -C / | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Add a new file to an existing archive | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | tar -rvf logs.tar newlog.log | ||
| - | </ | ||
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