Q.\u00a0How can I compress a whole directory under Linux \/ UNIX using a shell prompt?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A. It is very easy to compress a Whole Linux\/UNIX directory. It is useful to backup files, email all files, or even to send software you have created to friends. Technically, it is called as a compressed archive. GNU tar command is best for this work. It can be use on remote Linux or UNIX server. It does two things for you:
=> Create the archive
=> Compress the archive<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You need to use tar command as follows (syntax of tar command): Where,<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, you have directory called \/home\/jerry\/prog and you would like to compress this directory then you can type tar command as follows: Above command will create an archive file called prog-1-jan-2005.tar.gz in current directory. If you wish to restore your archive then you need to use following command (it will extract all files in current directory): Where,<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to extract files in particular directory, for example in \/tmp then you need to use following command: Q.\u00a0How can I compress a whole directory under Linux \/ UNIX using a shell prompt?…<\/p>\n
tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name<\/strong>
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$ tar -zcvf prog-1-jan-2005.tar.gz \/home\/jerry\/prog<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n$ tar -zxvf prog-1-jan-2005.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
$ tar -zxvf prog-1-jan-2005.tar.gz -C \/tmp
$ cd \/tmp
$ ls -<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"