26 December, 2009

Archive using linux terminal.

Just some commands about archiving for command line. Should work on all Linux distributions.

Make .zip archive:

zip -r name_for_the_zip_file.zip file/or/dir/i/want/to/zip

Extract .zip archive:

unzip dir/to/the/file.zip

Make .rar archive:

rar a name_for_the_rar_file.rar file/or/dir/i/want/to/rar

Extract .rar archive:

rar e dir/to/the/file.rar

Make .tar archive:

tar cf name_for_the_zip_file.tar file/or/dir/i/want/to/tar

Extract .tar archive:

tar xf dir/to/the/file.tar

Make .tar.gz archive:

tar czf name_for_the_zip_file.tar.gz file/or/dir/i/want/to/gzip

Extract .tar.gz archive:

tar xzf dir/to/the/file.tar.gz

Make .tar.bz2 archive:

tar cjf name_for_the_zip_file.tar.bz2 file/or/dir/i/want/to/bzip

Extract .tar.bz2 archive:

tar xjf dir/to/the/file.tar.bz2

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