tar --version
Compress
cd /etc/nginx
tar -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
tar --exclude=default -czvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz sites-enabled
Decompress
tar -tzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz
tar -xzvf chorke-nginx_academia-production-D20240628-T2023-ZP0800.tar.gz -C chorke-nginx-academia-production
Explanation
-c: Create a new archive
-x: Extract the archive
-z: Compress the archive with gzip
-v: Verbosely list files processed
-t: List the contents of the archive
-f: Specifies the name of the archive
Cheatsheet
| Type |
Short |
Compress |
Decompress |
Algorithm |
⚪
|
| tar.gz |
-z |
time tar -czvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.gz nginx |
time tar -xzvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.gz |
DEFLATE=LZ77+Huffman |
🟢
|
| tar.xz |
-J |
time tar -cJvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.xz nginx |
time tar -xJvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.xz |
LZMA2 |
🟠
|
| tar.bz2 |
-j |
time tar -cjvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.bz2 nginx |
time tar -xjvf nginx.2024-06-30T1519.tar.bz2 |
BZIP2 |
🟡
|
echo "$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H%M')"
echo "$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%FT%H%M')"
BKP_DATE_N_TIME="$(TZ=UTC-8 date +'%FT%H%M')"
:'
2025-10-10T1010
├─ 2025-10-21
│ ├─ 2025 « %Y
│ ├─ 10 « %m
│ └─ 10 « %d
└─ T1010
├─ T « Time
├─ 10 « %H
└─ 10 « %M
'
References