tldr/pages/common/tar.md

# tar

> Archiving utility.
> Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.

- Create an archive from files:

`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- Create a gzipped archive:

`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- Extract an archive in a target folder:

`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`

- Extract a gzipped archive in the current directory:

`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`

- Extract a bzipped archive in the current directory:

`tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}`

- Create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program:

`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`

- List the contents of a tar file:

`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00			`# tar`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Archiving utility.`
tar: reword the second sentence of the main desc. (#1058) 2016-09-22 20:09:54 +01:00			`> Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Create an archive from files:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Create a gzipped archive:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Sort options for creating archives the way they are sorted for extracting archives 2014-02-27 15:49:46 +00:00			`tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Extract an archive in a target folder:`
initial commit 2013-12-08 08:56:16 +00:00
Markdown format closer to the output + highlight replacable tokens 2013-12-09 11:12:16 +00:00			`tar xf {{source.tar}} -C {{folder}}`
Add a use case for extracting gzip archives 2014-02-04 19:23:53 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Extract a gzipped archive in the current directory:`
Add a use case for extracting gzip archives 2014-02-04 19:23:53 +00:00
			`tar xzf {{source.tar.gz}}`
add extraction of bzipped archive 2014-04-23 19:35:39 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Extract a bzipped archive in the current directory:`
add extraction of bzipped archive 2014-04-23 19:35:39 +01:00
			`tar xjf {{source.tar.bz2}}`
automatic compression selection for tar Using a instead of z,j,J ... makes it easy to use different compression programms 2014-09-04 09:44:00 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program:`
automatic compression selection for tar Using a instead of z,j,J ... makes it easy to use different compression programms 2014-09-04 09:44:00 +01:00
			`tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1 file2 file3}}`
List content of tar file List content of tar file. I recommend reducing amount of options regarding compressed files since on some OS are allowed only in -c mode. Basically : -j : bzip2 -J : xz -z : bzip2 Additionally the extract should manage as tar -xf file no matter which compression. 2014-09-10 00:45:57 +01:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- List the contents of a tar file:`
List content of tar file List content of tar file. I recommend reducing amount of options regarding compressed files since on some OS are allowed only in -c mode. Basically : -j : bzip2 -J : xz -z : bzip2 Additionally the extract should manage as tar -xf file no matter which compression. 2014-09-10 00:45:57 +01:00
Make tar page consistent It might confuse users if everything has no dash in front but the last command does. tar doesn't need the dash so let's keep it that way. 2015-12-29 08:25:39 +00:00			`tar tvf {{source.tar}}`