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--- compress_entire_directory_to_tar_archive [2017/07/13 08:44] – walkeradmin
+++ compress_entire_directory_to_tar_archive [2017/07/13 08:48] – walkeradmin
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-==== .tar Syntax ====
+==== Create .tar File ====
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 The basic syntax for tar is quite simple, here is an example:
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     tar -pcvzf archive.tar /home/work
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+==== Decompress .tar File ====
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+To decompress the <color #ed1c24>.tar</color> file, we use the same tar command, we must use the same switches if we wish to preserve the file/folder structure and the file/folder permissions (permissions are very important).
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+To decompress the archive.tar file we created earlier, use the following command:
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+    tar -pcvzf archive.tar
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