cli-tarHow do I tar gzip a directory?
To tar gzip a directory, use the tar
command with -z
and -c
flags.
tar -zcvf <name_of_archive>.tar.gz <name_of_directory>
This will create a tar.gz
archive with the contents of the specified directory.
The flags used are:
-z
: Compress the resulting archive with gzip.-c
: Create a new archive.-v
: Verbosely list files which are processed.-f
: Specify the filename of the archive.
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