cli-tarHow do I use a password to compress files with Unix tar?
To compress files with Unix tar using a password, you need to use the -z
and -P
options. -z
is used to compress the files with gzip, and -P
is used to specify the password. For example:
tar -zcvf -P secret archive.tar.gz file1 file2
The above command will compress file1
and file2
into archive.tar.gz
with password secret
.
The parts of the code are as follows:
tar
: The command for compressing files with Unix tar-z
: The option to compress the files with gzip-P
: The option to specify the passwordsecret
: The password to be usedarchive.tar.gz
: The name of the compressed filefile1
andfile2
: The files to be compressed
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