cli-tarHow do I create a Unix tar archive with a password?
Creating a Unix tar archive with a password is done using the tar command in combination with the gpg command.
The following example code will create a tar archive named archive.tar and encrypt it with a password password:
tar -cvf archive.tar file1 file2
gpg -c --cipher-algo AES256 archive.tarThe output of the command should be:
Enter passphrase:
Repeat passphrase:
The code has the following parts:
tar -cvf archive.tar file1 file2: This creates a tar archive namedarchive.tarcontaining the filesfile1andfile2.gpg -c --cipher-algo AES256 archive.tar: This command encrypts the tar archivearchive.tarusing the AES256 algorithm and prompts the user for a passphrase.
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