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    Experiment no.

    10

    Date:

    Backup and restore

    Aim: File compressing mechanisam using tar Gzip and gunzip.

    Procedure:

    File compression helps to reduce file size and share files efficiently. And compressed
    files are also easier to copy to remote servers. Also compress older and rarely used
    files and save them for future use which helps you conserve disk space.

    tar

    The tar command is used to create an archive, grouping multiple files in a single file.Its
    name comes from the past and means tape archive.

    Syntax

    tar [flags] destinationFileName sourceFileNames

    This command creates an archive named archive.tar with the content of file1 and file2:

    tar -cvf archive.tar file1 file2

    c stands for create. The f option is used to write to file the archive. The v is providing
    details of the files that have been archived.

     To remove the original files after creating an archive, use the –remove-files flag.

    tar -cvf archive.tar * --remove-files


     list the files contained in an archive:

    tar -tf archive.tar

    t flag stands for viewing the contents of the archive

     To find a particular file inside the archive

    Tar -tvf archive.tar filename

     To extract files from an archive in the current folder, use:

    Tar -xvf archive.tar

    The x option stands for extract

     To extract them to a specific directory, use:

    Tar -xf archive.tar -C directory

     Tar is often used to create a compressed archive, gzipping the archive. This is
    done using the z option:

    Tar -czf archive.tar.gz file1 file2


    This is just like creating a tar archive, and then running gzip on it.

     To extract files from a compressed archive in the current folder, use:

    Tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz

    -z specifies that the archive is gzip.

     To unarchive a gzipped archive, use gunzip , or gzip -d , and then unarchive it,
    but tar -xf will recognize it’s a gzipped archive

    Tar -xf archive.tar.gz

     To Delete files from the archive, use the –delete option

    Tar –delete -f archive.tar file_name


    Gzip

    Gzip (GNU zip) is a compressing tool, which is used to truncate the file size. By default
    original file will be replaced by the compressed file ending with extension (.gz).

     compress a file using the gzip compression protocol using the gzip command.

    Gzip filename

     This will compress the file, and append a .gz extension to it. The original file is
    deleted.

    To prevent deleting files, you can use the -c option and use output redirection to
    write the output to the filename.gz file:

    Gzip -c filename > filename.gz

    or

    Use -k (keep) option:

    Gzip -k filename

    There are various levels of compression. The more the compression, the longer it will
    take to compress (and decompress). Levels range from 1 (fastest, worst compression)
    to 9 (slowest, better compression), and the default is 6.

    choose a specific level with the -<NUMBER> option:

    Gzip -1 filename

     compress multiple files by listing them


    Gzip filename1 filename2

     compress all the files in a directory, recursively, using the -r option:

    Gzip -r a_folder

     The -v option prints the compression percentage information. Example to used


    along with the -k option:

    Gzip -kv wget-log

     Gzip can also be used to decompress a file, using the -d option:

    Gzip -d filename.gz

     The compression ratio or how much the original file has compressed, use -l
    option Gzip -l filename.gz
    Gunzip

    The gunzip command is basically equivalent to the gzip command, except the -d option
    is always enabled by default.

     The command can be invoked in this way:

    Gunzip filename.gz

    This will gunzip and will remove the .gz extension, putting the result in the

    filename file.

     If that file exists, it will overwrite that.

    Extract to a different filename using output redirection using the -c option:

    Gunzip -c filename.gz > anotherfilename

     To keep both the compressed and

    decompressed file

    Gunzip -k filename.gz
     To recursively decompresses all files in a given directory, use the -r option:

    Gunzip -r directory

     List the Compressed File Contents, use the -l option

    Gunzip -l filename.gz

    Result: Successfully executed File compressing mechanisam using tar Gzip and gunzip.

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