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[[.tar.gz]] is the most common file extension for a fileset which has been collected into a [[tarball]] ([[.tar]]) and then [[file compression|compressed]] using [[gzip]] ([[.gz]]). | [[.tar.gz]] is the most common file extension for a fileset which has been collected into a [[tarball]] ([[.tar]]) and then [[file compression|compressed]] using [[gzip]] ([[.gz]]). | ||
==How To== | ==How To== | ||
To create a .tar.gz file from the contents of a folder (including subfolders): | |||
* [[UNIX/tar|tar]] -cvzf ''output_filename''.tar ''foldername''/ | |||
** not sure if this also gzips... testing. | |||
To restore the original fileset: | To restore the original fileset: | ||
* [[gunzip]] ''filespec.tar.gz'' | * [[gunzip]] ''filespec.tar.gz'' | ||
* [[UNIX/tar|tar]] -xvf ''filespec.tar'' | * [[UNIX/tar|tar]] -xvf ''filespec.tar'' | ||
Latest revision as of 02:22, 29 June 2012
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About
.tar.gz is the most common file extension for a fileset which has been collected into a tarball (.tar) and then compressed using gzip (.gz).
How To
To create a .tar.gz file from the contents of a folder (including subfolders):
- tar -cvzf output_filename.tar foldername/
- not sure if this also gzips... testing.
To restore the original fileset:
