Hi,

Here is command to create tar file which includes the content of directory and sub directory:

tar -zcvf dir_archieve.tar.gz dir_name

Following command is used to uncompress the content of the tar.gz file:

tar -zxvf dir_archieve.tar.gz

Above command will extract the content of the tar.gz file.

If you want to preserve the permission of the folder while creating tar.gz file use following command:

tar -pcvzf  dir_archieve.tar.gz dir_name

The -pcvzf is used for this.

To extract it with the permission intact use following command:

tar -pxvzf dir_archieve.tar.gz

This the way of working with the archiving and unarchiving in linux system using terminal.

Thanks

Hi,

Linux tar utility is very old utility of Linux and it is used for creating the archive in Linux/UNIX/MacOS and other Linux variant.

This utility is used by Linux administrator as an handy tool for archiving directories or file(s).

Check detailed tutorial at:

• Create tar.gz file in Linux command line

Thanks