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28 November 2024

  • curprev 09:4509:45, 28 November 2024‎ Alex talk contribs‎ 484 bytes +484‎ Created page with "This is the command, and more importantly the options for compressing a directory or folder into a tarball on linux. <pre> tar -czvf filename.tar.gz /path/to/directory </pre> Ensure that you create the tarball with touch first. Also to unzip use the command and options. <pre> tar -xvf /path/to/tarball </pre> -x : extract -v : give more info -f : filename you can also use the -C to specify output directory <pre> tar -xvf /path/to/tarball.tar/.gz -C /path/to/directo..."
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