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Examples on how to compress and uncompress using Tar.
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tar-examples.sh
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# Compress a folder
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tar czfv test.tar.gz test/
# "czfv" stands for "Compress Zip File Verbose"
# If you want bzip files, use "j" instead of "z".
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# Uncompress a file
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tar -xzf test.tar.gz
# "x" stands for "eXtract".
# Again, if you want bzip files, use "j" instead of "z".
# Source: http://txt.binnyva.com/2007/02/command-to-compressuncompress-targz-and-tarbz2-files/
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