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1 | # TAR |
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| 2 | GNU 'tar' saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can |
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| 3 | restore individual files from the archive. |
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| 5 | ## Overview |
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| 6 | | Command | Description | |
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| 8 | | `tar -czf backup_$(date + %F_%H-%M-%S).tar.gz <dir1> <dir2>` | Create <backup_file> with dir1 and dir2 as content | |
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| 10 | | `tar -tzf <file>` | Show directories from proton | |
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| 11 | | - | - | |
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| 12 | | `tar -xzf <file> -C <dir to restore>` | Extract content from <file> into <dir to restore> | |
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13 | | `tar -xzf <file> --strip-components=2 -C <dir to restore>` | Extract content from <file> into <dir to restore> but ignores first 2 levels of directory structur | |
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| 15 | ## Meta Data |
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| 16 | :::info |
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| 17 | Tar per default saves meta data such as user and group rights |
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| 18 | ::: |
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| 19 | :::warning |
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| 20 | To correctly restore user and group rights do tar -xzf with **sudo** |
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| 21 | ::: |
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