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chrisaiv on 07/05/08


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Create a .tar.gz archive using Terminal OS X

 / Published in: Bash
 

This command will allow you to make a tar ball with gzip compression: -c = Create -v = Verbosely list files processed -z = Filter the archive through gzip -p = Preserve Permissions ( extract all protection information) -f = Use archive file or device F

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  1. tar -pvczf BackUpDirectory.tar.gz /path/to/directory
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  3. //Back up a directory but exclude .hidden files
  4. tar --exclude=".*" -pvczf BackUpDirectory.tar.gz /path/to/directory

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