Mohsin Sumar » create compressed tar http://www.mohsinsumar.com Zend Certified Engineer, PHP Professional, Designer & Web Developer Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:35:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to tar a file using SSH? http://www.mohsinsumar.com/ssh/how-to-tar-a-file-using-ssh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-tar-a-file-using-ssh http://www.mohsinsumar.com/ssh/how-to-tar-a-file-using-ssh/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:23:13 +0000 Mohsin Sumar http://www.mohsinsumar.com/?p=82 Use the following command if you want to create a tar and compress a file (or folder).

tar -czf /path/to/save/file.tar folder_or_file_name

The options used in the above command are outlined below for your understanding.

-c = create
-z = compress a file
-f = use the file mentioned instead of tape drive

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