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Archiving Files and Directories with Compression

Creating a compressed archive file can be useful for backup purposes. In this hands-on lab, we're going to make a compressed archive of a directory containing a custom application before upgrading the application to guarantee that we have a copy of the working program.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

15m

Published

Jan 17, 2020

Challenge

Create an Archive Directory in the cloud_user Home Directory
First, let's make sure we're in our home directory, then create an archive directory and get into it:
```
mkdir archive
```
Challenge

Make the Archive Directory the Current Directory
Change the directory to archive using the cd command:
```
cd archive
```
Challenge

Archive the /opt/myapp Directory as myapp.tar.gz
Use the tar command to create the myapp.tar.gz archive containing /opt/myapp and its contents:
```
tar -cvzf myapp.tar.gz /opt/myapp
```
Challenge

List the Contents of myapp.tar.gz and Redirect It to app.list
Use the tar command to list the contents of myapp.tar.gz:
```
tar -tf myapp.tar.gz
```
It looks good, so now let's run that command again and redirect the output to an app.list file:
```
tar -tf myapp.tar.gz > app.list
```

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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