tar -cvzf tarlearn.tar.gz --remove-files mytemp/* If the folder is mytemp then if you apply the above it will zip and remove all the files in the folder but leave it alone. tar -cvzf tarlearn.tar.gz --remove-files --exclude='*12_2008*' --no-recursion mytemp/* You can give exclude patterns and also specify not to look into subfolders too

Jun 12, 2009 · Different tar versions expects this options in different order: for instance, @Andrew's answer indicates that in GNU tar v 1.26 and 1.28 the excludes comes last, whereas in my case, with GNU tar 1.29, it's the other way.

Sep 7, 2012 · $ tar -I pbzip2 -cf OUTPUT_FILE.tar.bz2 paths_to_archive $ tar --use-compress-program=pigz -cf OUTPUT_FILE.tar.gz paths_to_archive Archiver must accept -d. If your replacement utility hasn't this parameter and/or you need specify additional parameters, then use pipes (add parameters if necessary):

TAR=location of tar binary; ARCHIVE=Archive base name (without .tar.multivolumenumber) RPATH=path to restore (leave empty for full restore) RDEST=restore destination folder (relative or absolute path) EXCLUDE=files to exclude (with pattern matching)

You renamed the openresty-1.9.7.3.tar to openresty-1.9.7.3.tar.gz, but this didn't make it gzipped tar archive. So first command fails, because this can't be gunzipped. Second command just verbosely extract the archive, without trying to gunzip it.

Jul 21, 2016 · While extracting a file using this command tar -zxf bluez-arm-package.tgz the owner(1000):group(pulse) of the files and directories is changing as below example. Example: drwxrwxr-x 4 1000 pulse 1024 Jul 21 00:32 dbus-1 The actual should be: drwxrwxr-x 4 root root 1024 Jul 21 00:32 dbus-1

Had a similar situation myself. I think it is best to create the tar elsewhere and then use -C to tell tar the base directory for the compressed files. Example: tar -cjf workspace.tar.gz -C <path_to_workspace> $(ls -A <path_to_workspace>) This way there is no need to exclude your own tarfile. As noted in other comments, -A will list hidden files.

Jan 27, 2020 · Older versions need to script this. You can specify the directory that the extract is placed in by using the tar -C option. The script below assumes that the directories do not exist and must be created. If the directories do exist the script will still work - the mkdir will simply fail. tar -xvzf archive.tar.gx -C archive_dir e.g.

A tar.gz is a tar file inside a gzip file, so 1st you must unzip the gzip file with gunzip -d filename.tar.gz, and then use tar to untar it. However, since gunzip says it isn't in gzip format, you can see what format it is in with file filename.tar.gz, and use the appropriate program to open it.

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