cli-tarHow do I use tar gzip with a password?

tar is a command line utility used to compress and decompress files. gzip is a compression algorithm used to compress files. To use tar gzip with a password, you can use the --gzip-options flag with the --password option.

tar --gzip-options --password=mypassword -cvzf myarchive.tar.gz myfiles

This command will create an archive called myarchive.tar.gz that is compressed with gzip and encrypted with the password mypassword.

The parts of the command are as follows:

• tar: The command line utility used to compress and decompress files.
• --gzip-options: The flag used to specify options for gzip.
• --password: The option used to specify the password to be used for encryption.
• -cvzf: Options used to create an archive with compression.
  • -c: Create an archive.
  • -v: Verbose output.
  • -z: Compress the archive with gzip.
  • -f: Specify the filename of the archive.
• myarchive.tar.gz: The filename of the archive.
• myfiles: The files to be included in the archive.

For more information, see the tar man page.

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