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--- linux:tar [2022/06/04 09:07] – levor
+++ linux:tar [2024/03/23 16:59] (current) – levor
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-==== tar -flags dest_file_name source_file_or_dir ====
+==== tar  -flags  dest_file_name  source_file_or_dir ====
 ^Example^Explanation / Remarks^
-|tar -czvf /home/user/dest_backup.tgz /var/www/source_dir/*.html| **compress** all files in source directory into the specified dest file|
+|tar -czvf /home/user/dest_backup.tgz /var/www/source_dir/*.html| **c**=create **z**=use gzip **v**=verbose **f**=next param is target file. **Compress** all files in source directory into the specified dest file|
 |tar -xzvf /home/user/backup_file.tgz /var/www/dest_dir/*.html| **extract** files in source file into the specified dest directory(??)|
+|**Using find:**||
+|find /var/log -iname '2022-06*.log' -print0 %%|%% tar -cvf /var/bu/june.tar --null -T -||
+|find . -type f > list_of_files.txt && tar -czf bu_file.tar.gz -T list_of_files.txt||
+|find . -type f -exec tar -czf {}.tar.gz {} \;|!<- TODO! FIXME|
+^Flag^Same as^Explanation / Remarks^
-^Flag^Explanation / Remarks^
+|c| |create a new archive file|
-|c|create a new archive file|
+|f| |next parameter is the filename|
-|z|use gzip compress or uncompress|
+|r|%%--%%append|append file(s) to tar file|
-|v|verbose output - show details while running|
+|t|%%--%%list|list contents of file|
-|f|next parameter is the filename|
+|T| |next param is filename containing list of files to be **tar**ed(!) <- TODO FIXME|
-|x|extract compressed file|
+|v| |verbose output - show details while running|
+|x| |extract compressed file|
+|z| |use gzip compress or uncompress|
+|-| |dash, as last symbol -> use stdin as input. usually, together with another program like **find**|