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To create an archive target.tar consisting of the folder /home, use:
 
To create an archive target.tar consisting of the folder /home, use:
 
  tar cvf target.tar /home
 
  tar cvf target.tar /home
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= unpack an archive =
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To unpack an archive file, use
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tar xvf target.tar
  
 
= transmit a folder =
 
= transmit a folder =
 
Thanks to the [[piping]] mechanism of Unix, you can also use tar to transmit a folder to another computer:
 
Thanks to the [[piping]] mechanism of Unix, you can also use tar to transmit a folder to another computer:
 
  tar cf - <dir> | ssh <user>@<host> tar -xvf  - -C <dir>
 
  tar cf - <dir> | ssh <user>@<host> tar -xvf  - -C <dir>
 
= unpack an archive =
 
To unpack an archive file, use
 
tar xvf target.tar
 

Revision as of 06:44, 16 May 2009

tar is a command to pack files into an archive of the tar format. You can also use it to extract tar archive files.

pack an archive

To create an archive target.tar consisting of the folder /home, use:

tar cvf target.tar /home

unpack an archive

To unpack an archive file, use

tar xvf target.tar

transmit a folder

Thanks to the piping mechanism of Unix, you can also use tar to transmit a folder to another computer:

tar cf - <dir> | ssh <user>@<host> tar -xvf  - -C <dir>