clean up old formatting
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tags:
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Combine many files and directories into a single t-archive file.
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```sh
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tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar $DIR
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tar cf "${archive}".tar ${dir}
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```
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You can remember this with the mnemonic '*C*reate *F*ile'.
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@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ Unfortunately, this stores the full file path, so making a tar archive of `/etc/
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It's often better to tell tar which path to start from using the `-C` flag.
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```sh
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tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar -C /etc/ nginx
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tar cf "${archive}".tar -C /etc/ nginx
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```
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Check the contents of your archive with:
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```sh
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tar tf "$ARCHIVE".tar
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tar tf "${archive}".tar
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```
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If you want to store 'everything in a directory', then using `*` will not work, because it will target everything in the *current* directory.
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Instead, you can store the target in a variable:
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```sh
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files=$(ls /etc/nginx)
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tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar -C /etc/nginx/ $file
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tar cf "${archive}".tar -C /etc/nginx/ $file
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```
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# Extract
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ tar cf "$ARCHIVE".tar -C /etc/nginx/ $file
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Extract the tar archive with
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```sh
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tar xf "$ARCHIVE".tar
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tar xf "${archive}".tar
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```
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You can remember this with the mnemonic 'e*X*tract *F*ile'.
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ You can remember this with the mnemonic 'e*X*tract *F*ile'.
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Create a zip-compressed archive with the `z` flag.
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```sh
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tar czf "$ARCHIVE".tgz -C /etc/nginx/ $file
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tar czf "${archive}".tgz -C /etc/nginx/ $file
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```
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You can use any file ending you want, but sane people like to use '.tgz' or '.tar.tgz'.
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