WebAsha Technologies:

TAR command: (Tape Archive)

To create archive file and commpress a number
of file.

1- Archieve: To combine multiple file into single file.

2- Compression: To reduce the size of file but data will not be lost.

Tar cmd: 1- step => create a archive file

2- step => compression method to compress the file

compression method:

1- gunzip ===> create compress file with '.gz' extension

2- bunzip2 ===> create compress file with '.bz2' extension
3- xz ===> create compress file with '.xz ' extension

difference between Gunzip, bunzip2 and XZ

Gunzip bunzip2 XZ
1- extension file .gz .bz2 .xz
2- compression speed is speed is slow speed is very
slow
very fast than gunzip than any.
3- compression ratio is ratio is better ratio is too
 less than bunzip and XZ than gunzip good than other
*************************************************************************
*****
Only for Achive==>
Syntax: # tar -<option> <archieve filename.tar> <source1>
<source2> <source3>

Option:

c= to create archieve
r= to append the data in Tar file.
t= to check list of data in tar file
v= Verbose
x= extract
f= from file (mendatory)
C= to change the extract location
******************************************************
z= compress with gunzip method
j= compress with bunzip2 method
J= compress with xz method

*****************************************************
For Archieve:

cvf= to create # tar -cvf Network.tar abc1 abc2 abc3

rvf= to append # tar -rvf Network.tar abc4 abc5
tvf= to check list # tar -tvf Network.tar
xvf= to extract # tar -xvf Network.tar -C /path

For Compress:
czvf= to compress in gunzip #tar -czvf Network.tar.gz abc1 abc2 abc3
cjvf= to compress in bunzip2 #tar -cjvf Network.tar.bz2 abc1 abc2 abc3
cJvf= to compress in xz #tar -cJvf Network.tar.xz abc1 abc2 abc3

*************************************************************************
***

Difference of Command:

1- TAR====> Archieve + Compress

2- gzip
3- bzip2 Only commpress==> 1- any normal file
4- xz But original file 2- any tar file
of both type
*************************************************************************
Create compress in Gunzip:

# gzip <filename> ===> it will compress with .gz format automatically

Decompress the gunzip file:

# gunzip <filename.gz>
*************************************************************************
*

Create compress in bunzip:

# bzip2 <filename> ===> it will compress with .bz2 format automatically

Decompress the bunzip file:

# bunzip2 <filename.bz2>

*************************************************************************
*
Create compress in XZ:

# xz <filename> ===> it will compress with .xz format automatically

Decompress the XZ file:

# xz -d <filename.xz>
*************************************************************************
*