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Archiving a whole directory
| Posted by Shin Asuka, 09-29-2007, 09:03 PM |
| Hello,
How do I archive a whole directory using ssh?
There is gzip and tar, but what command do I use to make an archive for a whole directory?
[Directory ---> One_Archive.tar]
It will be easier to transfer big directories this way by archiving it all into one.
Thanks!
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| Posted by Patrick, 09-29-2007, 09:22 PM |
| That will create a file called archive.tgz with the contents of directory.
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| Posted by bear, 09-29-2007, 09:23 PM |
| From inside the directory:
tar -cvzf filename.tgz ./*
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| Posted by absolut, 09-29-2007, 09:33 PM |
| I suggest you to get rar from www.rarsoft.com, then:
rar a -r archive *
rar is much faster than gzip and zip and have good compression rate.
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