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** File compression : managing &

transferring data on a linux system.

Tar command : tape archive that allow


users to create compressed & archive
les .

Extension : file.tar

Syntax :

Tar [options] [ archive le name ]


[ le/dir location ]

Options : optional ags or settings that


modify the behaviour of the tar
command

Archive le : the name of the archive


le you are creating or working with

File / dir : you want to include in the


archive
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fi
**** Options

-c : create an archive by bundling les


& dir together

-x : extracts le & dir from an existing


archive

-f : speci es the lename of the


archive to be created or extracted

-t : display or list the file

-u : add some new le/dir /archive to an


existing archive

-v : display verbose information,


detailed output

-A : add multiple archive into a single


archive
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fi
fi
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-z : uses gzip compression when
creating a tar le

Example :

1. Creating a uncompressed tar archive

Tar -cvf file.tar dirname

2. Extracting uncompressed tar

tar -xvf file.tar

3. Display the data inside a tar

Tar -tvf file.tar

4. Creating a compressed tar

tar -cvzf file.tar.gz filename


fi
5. Extracting a compressed tar

tar -xvzf file.tar.gz

6.

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