Tar utility creates an archive, Gzip compressed the files.
tar utility was originated in Unix, but now available in Linux as well to create archived file using a set of files. One file will be created that contains all the files in it. But do not get misunderstand, ".tar" file is not a compressed file. It is only a collection of files within a single uncompressed file.
This will create an achive named tarFileName.tar and that will include the files specified there (ie: file1, file2, file3).
This will list the details of the files inside the archive.
This will extract the archive and create the files that were inside the archive.
The above options have the meanings as:
Create tar archive
z - compress using gzip utility
Now the archive is created as a compressed file.
1. Create tar archive
tar -cf tarFileName.tar file1 file2 file3
2. View the list of files
tar -tf tarFileName.tar
3. Extract tar archive
tar -xf tarFileName.tar
The above options have the meanings as:
- c - create an archive
- f - archive file
- t - list the content of the archive
- x - extract an archive
Compress tar with GZIP
If the file is a ".tar.gz" or ".tgz" file it is a collection of files that is compressed. To compress a file, first create the tar file then gzip the file. For using gzip, the option -z has to be used with the above command.Create tar archive
tar -czf tarFileName.tar.gz file1 file2 file3
Now the archive is created as a compressed file.
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