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Kevin: /* Create and Split Tar File into Several Files */

2014-02-08T03:47:21Z

Create and Split Tar File into Several Files

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	* This solution avoids the need to use an intermediate large file when (de)compressing.		* This solution avoids the need to use an intermediate large file when (de)compressing.
-	* Use the tar -C option to ~~use~~ a different directory for the resulting files.	+	* Use the tar -C option to specify a different directory for the resulting files.

	----		----
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	* create archives		* create archives
	<pre>		<pre>
-	$ gzip -c one_large_file \| split -b 1024MiB - result_files.gz_	+	$ gzip -c one_large_file \| split -b 1024MiB - result_files.gz_
	</pre>		</pre>
	* uncompress		* uncompress
	<pre>		<pre>
-	$ cat result_files.gz_* \| gunzip -c > one_large_file	+	$ cat result_files.gz_* \| gunzip -c > one_large_file
	</pre>		</pre>

Kevin: /* Create and Split Tar File into Several Files */

2014-02-08T03:41:16Z

Create and Split Tar File into Several Files

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-	* If only one file needs to be ~~splited~~, tar with a single source file is still fine but in this case, gzip can be used as well.	+	* If only one file needs to be split, tar with a single source file is still fine but in this case, gzip can be used as well.
	* create archives		* create archives
	<pre>		<pre>
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	$ cat result_files.gz_* \| gunzip -c > one_large_file		$ cat result_files.gz_* \| gunzip -c > one_large_file
	</pre>		</pre>
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	=== List Files Inside Tar File ===		=== List Files Inside Tar File ===

Kevin at 03:21, 8 February 2014

2014-02-08T03:21:34Z

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	$ tar -xzvf tar_file_name.tar.gz -C /directory/destination_directory		$ tar -xzvf tar_file_name.tar.gz -C /directory/destination_directory
	</pre>		</pre>
		+
		+	=== Create and Split Tar File into Several Files ===
		+	* create archives
		+	<pre>
		+	$ tar cz large_file_1 large_file_2 \| split -b 1024MiB - result_files.tgz_
		+	</pre>
		+	* uncompress
		+	<pre>
		+	$ cat result_files.tgz_* \| tar xz
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	* This solution avoids the need to use an intermediate large file when (de)compressing.
		+	* Use the tar -C option to use a different directory for the resulting files.
		+
		+	----
		+
		+
		+	* If only one file needs to be splited, tar with a single source file is still fine but in this case, gzip can be used as well.
		+	* create archives
		+	<pre>
		+	$ gzip -c one_large_file \| split -b 1024MiB - result_files.gz_
		+	</pre>
		+	* uncompress
		+	<pre>
		+	$ cat result_files.gz_* \| gunzip -c > one_large_file
		+	</pre>
		+

	=== List Files Inside Tar File ===		=== List Files Inside Tar File ===

Kevin: Tar Archive

2008-09-29T05:42:40Z

Tar Archive

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[[Category:Linux]]
== Tar ==
Tar is both a file format and the programme to handle that file.

=== Create GZipped Tar File ===
<pre>
$ tar -czvf tar_file_name.tar.gz input_file_or_directory_1 input_file_or_directory_2 ...
</pre>

=== Extract GZipped Tar File ===
<pre>
$ tar -xzvf tar_file_name.tar.gz
</pre>

To extract file to a specific directory, use this.
<pre>
$ tar -xzvf tar_file_name.tar.gz -C /directory/destination_directory
</pre>

=== List Files Inside Tar File ===
<pre>
$ tar -tzf tar_file_name.tar.gz
</pre>

=== Create GZipped Tar with NOT GNU Tar ===
<pre>
$ tar -cvf - input_file_or_directory_1 input_file_or_directory_2 | gzip > tar_file_name.tar.gz
</pre>

-If <tt>'''gzip'''</tt> is not available, use <tt>'''compress'''</tt> instead.

=== Extract GZipped Tar with NOT GNU Tar ===
<pre>
gunzip -c tar_file_name.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
</pre>
-If <tt>'''gunzip'''</tt> is not available, user <tt>'''uncompress'''</tt> instead.