Git Cheatsheet

2022/12/01

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Archiving only

To generate an archive out of the contents of a specified folder:

$ tar --create --verbose --file=output.tar directory/
# Shortened:
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/

Archiving + compression

To generate an archive out of the contents of a specified folder, then compress the archive:

# GZip:
$ tar cvf --gzip output.tar.gz directory/
$ tar cvzf output.tar.gz directory/

# LZMA:
$ tar cvf --lzma output.tar.xz directory/
$ tar cvJf output.tar.xz directory/

# BZip2:
$ tar cvf --bzip2 output.tar.bz directory/
$ tar cvjf output.tar.bz directory/

# Compress:
$ tar cvf --compress output.tar.Z directory/
$ tar cvZf output.tar.Z directory/

# ZStandard:
$ tar cvf --zstd output.tar.zstd directory/

# LZOP:
$ tar cvf --lzop output.tar.lzo directory/

# LZip:
$ tar cvf --lzip output.tar.lzip directory/

Choose output tar format

To decide the format or version of the tar archive:

# v7
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ --format=v7
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ -H v7

# ustar
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ -H ustar

# pax interchange
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ -H pax
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ -H posix
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ --posix

# oldgnu <= 1.12
$ tar cvf output.tar  directory/-H oldgnu

# gnu
$ tar cvf output.tar directory/ -H gnu