cli-tarHow do I tar and gzip my home directory?
To tar and gzip your home directory, you can use the following command:
tar -czf home_directory.tar.gz /home/
This command will create a tarball file called home_directory.tar.gz
in the current directory, which will contain the contents of the /home/
directory.
The parts of the command are as follows:
tar
: The tar command is used to create archives from files and directories.-czf
: This flag is used to create a gzipped tarball.home_directory.tar.gz
: This is the name of the tarball that will be created./home/
: This is the directory that will be archived.
For more information on the tar
command, please refer to the following links:
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