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  1. archive - How do I tar a directory of files and folders without ...

    868 Use the -C switch of tar: tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz -C my_directory . The -C my_directory tells tar to change the current directory to my_directory, and then . means "add the entire current directory" …

  2. linux - Shell command to tar directory excluding certain files/folders ...

    Jun 12, 2009 · Is there a simple shell command/script that supports excluding certain files/folders from being archived? I have a directory that need to be archived with a sub directory that has a number of …

  3. linux - How do I tar a directory without retaining the directory ...

    tar -czf destination.tar.gz -C source/directory $(ls source/directory) This solution: Includes all files and folders in the directory Does not include any of the directory structure (or .) in the final product Does …

  4. linux - Tar a directory, but don't store full absolute paths in the ...

    Sep 8, 2013 · There are already many questions about tar and backuping in stackoverflow and at other places on the web, but most of them ask for dropping the entire sub-directory structure (flattening), or …

  5. linux - Tar archiving that takes input from a list of files - Stack ...

    The tar man page is extremely unhelpful for this option (at least on RedHat 5.4 thru 6.3): "-T: get names to extract or create from file F". "Extract or create" sounds like it applies to taking files out of the tar …

  6. linux - tar: add all files and directories in current directory ...

    I try to tar.gz a directory and use tar -czf workspace.tar.gz * The resulting tar includes .svn directories in subdirs but NOT in the current directory (as * gets expanded to only 'visible' files ...

  7. linux - How to gzip all files in all sub-directories into one ...

    Mar 4, 2016 · Possible Duplicate: gzipping up a set of directories and creating a tar compressed file This post describes how to gzip each file individually within a directory structure. However, I need to do

  8. compression - Create a tar.xz in one command - Stack Overflow

    Sep 17, 2013 · I am trying to create a .tar.xz compressed archive in one command. What is the specific syntax for that? I have tried tar cf - file | xz file.tar.xz, but that does not work.

  9. command - How to compress and tar a folder in Linux - Stack Overflow

    May 15, 2018 · Here are your duplicates: Compress a folder with tar?, How to compress the directory and its contents, How do I tar a directory of files and folders without including the directory itself?, …

  10. linux - what does -zxvf mean in tar -zxvf <filename>? - Stack Overflow

    Instead of wading through the description of all the options, you can jump to 3.4.3 Short Options Cross Reference under the info tar command. x means --extract. v means --verbose. f means --file. z …