Notes on how to use tar
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:10 amHow to tar
linux tar
howto tar
Listing the Contents of a Tar File
Where file.tar is the name of your tar file.
If you just want a simple list, use the command:
tar -tf file.tar
How to Extract Files from a Tar File
If you want to extract one or a few files from a tar file, use a command similar to the following:
tar -xvf file.tar filenames
Extract from a compressed file
tar -xzvf file.gz filenames
to compress
tar -czf file.tar.gz filenames
eg to create a compressed tar of all files in current directory that end in .sh and a files called check-email
tar -czf scripts.tar.gz *.sh check_email
to look at the contents of the file created above
tar -tzf scripts.tar.gz
A sample full incremental script can be found here
http://bash.cyberciti.biz/backup/tar-full-incremental-tape-backup-script/
This script performs a daily files backup
http://forum.softpedia.com/index.php?showtopic=392359
linux tar
howto tar
Listing the Contents of a Tar File
Where file.tar is the name of your tar file.
If you just want a simple list, use the command:
tar -tf file.tar
How to Extract Files from a Tar File
If you want to extract one or a few files from a tar file, use a command similar to the following:
tar -xvf file.tar filenames
Extract from a compressed file
tar -xzvf file.gz filenames
to compress
tar -czf file.tar.gz filenames
eg to create a compressed tar of all files in current directory that end in .sh and a files called check-email
tar -czf scripts.tar.gz *.sh check_email
to look at the contents of the file created above
tar -tzf scripts.tar.gz
A sample full incremental script can be found here
http://bash.cyberciti.biz/backup/tar-full-incremental-tape-backup-script/
This script performs a daily files backup
http://forum.softpedia.com/index.php?showtopic=392359