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61 lines
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# Tar Archives
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To create an archive file, just remember:
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*C*reate *z*e *f*ile!
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> tar czf file.tar.gz file1 file2
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E*x*tract *z*e *f*iles:
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> tar xzf file.tar.gz
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The .tar extension means two or more files are bundled together into a single file. The .tar.gz means compression.
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Tarballs come with a number of arguments.
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## More Compression
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Extremely compressed files take longer to compress, but take up less disk space.
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> tar cfj super-compressed.tar.bz2 file1 file2
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# ssh backup of partitions
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Back up an unmounted partition with ssh:
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> sudo dd if=/dev/sda1 | ssh -C ghost@192.168.0.10 "dd of=/home/ghost/backup.img" status=progress
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# `xz`
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Install `xz`.
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Unzip the image with:
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> unxz void.img.xz
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This then deletes the .xz file. To keep it:
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> unxz --keep void.img.xz
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# `zip`
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Zip file1-3, into a zip file called 'newzip.zip'.
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> zip newsip file1 file2 file3
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# Automatic Backups with `find`
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## `tar`
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Compressing all Latex Files in /home/.
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> sudo find ~ -maxdepth 4 -name "*.txt" | xargs tar cvf latex-bundle.tar.gz
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## `zip`
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Install `zip`.
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> find /home/"$(whoami)" -type f -size -2M | xargs zip -u backup
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