Linux Archives

TAR

Create gz

tar -zcvf file.tgz /full/path 

Create bz2

tar -jcvf file.tar.bz2 /full/path 

Extract

# to specific directory: -C /var/www
tar -xvf archive.tgz

Extract multipart archive

cat arc.tgz.part* | tar -xzf

Multipart archive from ISP-manager

# Combines all parts to one file
for i in `ls -1v FYYYY-MM-DD.USER.tgz.part*`;do cat $i >> archive.tgz;done
# Extract
tar -xzf archive.tgz -C /destination/path

7ZIP

Setup

apt-get install p7zip-full

Create

7za file.7z /full/path1  

Don't show progress

# -bs{o|e|p}{0|1|2} : set output stream for output/error/progress line
7za -bsp0 file.7z ...

ZIP

# -q: quiet mode
# Task: archive the directory structure without files
# Create an empty marker file in every subdirectory
find /path/to/dir -type d -exec touch "{}"/.arch \;
# Add only this marker, along with the directory structure, to the archive!
zip -r test.zip /path/to/dir -i "*.arch"

# Archive files listed in a file
zip /path/to/arch.zip -@ < /tmp/file_with_list_to_arch
# Find files and add them directly to the archive
find /var/www -type f -name index.html -print | zip /tmp/indexhtml.zip -@

Exclude items from the archive / include ONLY THESE items in the archive

# Do not include some subdirectories in the archive
zip -r test.zip /path/to/dir -x@/path/to/exclude.lst
# cat /path/to/exclude.lst
/path/to/dir/logs/*
/path/to/dir/cache/*
#
# Conversely: include ONLY THESE items in the archive
zip -r test.zip /path/to/dir -i@/path/to/exclude.lst

UNZIP

Show files and their size in the archive

unzip -Z -t test.zip