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Related commands
md5sum
tar create
Use
tar create
to archive files and folders.
Syntax
tar create
[
gz
]
archive-file fileurl
-
dest
[
verbose
]
source fileurl
-
source-list
&<1-5>
Views
User view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
gz
: Uses gzip to compress the files and folders before archiving them.
archive-file fileurl
-
dest
: Specifies the archive file name. If you specified the
gz
keyword, the suffix of
this argument must be
.tar.gz
. If you did not specify the
gz
keyword, the suffix of this argument must
be
.tar
.
verbose
: Displays the names of the successfully archived files and folders.
source fileurl
-
source-list
&<1-5>: Specifies the files and folders to be archived. The
fileurl
-
source-list
argument can be a space-separated list of up to five items. Each item can be a file or folder name.
Examples
# Archive file
a.cfg
to file
a.tar
.
<Sysname> tar create archive-file a.tar source a.cfg
Creating archive a.tar …… Done.
# Compress file
a.cfg
and archive the file to
a.tar.gz
.
<Sysname> tar create gz archive-file a.tar.gz source a.cfg
Creating archive a.tar.gz Done.
# Compress and archive files and folders, and display the successfully archived files and folders.
<Sysname> tar create gz archive-file a.tar.gz verbose source a.cfg a.dbm ./core
a.cfg
a.dbm
./core
Related commands
•
tar
extract
•
tar
list
tar extract
Use
tar extract
to extract files and folders.
Syntax
tar extract
archive-file fileurl
-
dest
[
verbose
] [
screen
|
to directory-name
]