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  1. archive - How do I tar a directory of files and folders without ...

    863 Use the -C switch of tar: tar -czvf my_directory.tar.gz -C my_directory . The -C my_directory tells tar to change the current directory to my_directory, and then . means "add the entire …

  2. Compress a folder with tar? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

    To tar and gzip a folder, the syntax is: tar czf name_of_archive_file.tar.gz name_of_directory_to_tar Adding - before the options (czf) is optional with tar. The effect of czf …

  3. linux - How do I tar a directory without retaining the directory ...

    To build on nbt's and MaikoID's solutions: tar -czf destination.tar.gz -C source/directory $(ls source/directory) This solution: Includes all files and folders in the directory Does not include …

  4. Excluding directory when creating a .tar.gz file - Stack Overflow

    Nov 27, 2010 · Excluding directory when creating a .tar.gz file Asked 14 years, 7 months ago Modified 2 years, 8 months ago Viewed 272k times

  5. linux - How to gzip all files in all sub-directories into one ...

    Mar 4, 2016 · 238 Possible Duplicate: gzipping up a set of directories and creating a tar compressed file This post describes how to gzip each file individually within a directory …

  6. shell - Extracting .tar file isn't working - Stack Overflow

    Now I'm trying to extract the .tar file using tar -xv filename.tar. My Problem The extraction doesn't seem to be working! After I've typed the tar -xv filename.tar command and hit enter, the shell …

  7. linux - tar: add all files and directories in current directory ...

    I try to tar.gz a directory and use tar -czf workspace.tar.gz * The resulting tar includes .svn directories in subdirs but NOT in the current directory (as * gets expanded to only 'visible' files ...

  8. How to compress and tar a folder in Linux - Stack Overflow

    May 15, 2018 · Here are your duplicates: Compress a folder with tar?, How to compress the directory and its contents, How do I tar a directory of files and folders without including the …

  9. rename - How to choose directory name during untarring - Unix

    Apr 10, 2011 · This should work: mkdir pretty_name && tar xf ugly_name.tar -C pretty_name --strip-components 1 -C changes to the specified directory before unpacking (or packing). --strip …

  10. linux - Shell command to tar directory excluding certain …

    Jun 12, 2009 · Is there a simple shell command/script that supports excluding certain files/folders from being archived? I have a directory that need to be archived with a sub directory that has a …