Difference between revisions of "Linux command: tar"

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=== .tar.gz exclude files ===
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===.tar.gz exclude files===
 
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tar --exclude='./folder' --exclude='./upload/folder2' -zcvf /backup/filename.tgz .
 
tar --exclude='./folder' --exclude='./upload/folder2' -zcvf /backup/filename.tgz .
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tar --exclude='./backup' -zcvf - . | split --bytes=1024MB - backup/content.sdf.backup.tar.gz.
 
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Revision as of 08:04, 12 April 2019

Compression

.tar.gz

tar -zcvf /var/my-backup.tar.gz /home/rafa/

.tar.gz split with max size

tar cvzf - dir/ | split --bytes=200MB - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
tar cvzf - dir/ | split -b 200m - sda1.backup.tar.gz.
tar cvzf - /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/ | split -b 4294967295 - /Volumes/UNTITLED/install_macos_sierra.tgz.

.tar.gz exclude files

tar --exclude='./folder' --exclude='./upload/folder2' -zcvf /backup/filename.tgz .
tar --exclude='./backup' -zcvf - . | split --bytes=1024MB - backup/content.sdf.backup.tar.gz.

Extraction

View .tar.gz contents

tar -ztvf file.tar.gz

Extract .tar.gz

tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz

Extract .txz

tar Jxvf file.txz

Extract .tar.xz

tar -xvf file.tar.xz

Extract .tar.bz2

tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2

Note: .gz files are decompressed with gunzip file.gz