{"id":5624,"date":"2023-02-16T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2024-08-18T23:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T17:57:34","slug":"linux-unix-tar-command-stay-in-local-file-system-when-creating-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-unix-tar-command-stay-in-local-file-system-when-creating-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux \/ UNIX: tar Command Stay In Local \/ File System When Creating Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To create a tar archive and keep the files in the local file system, you can use the <code>-C<\/code> option to change to the directory where the files are located before creating the archive.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you have a directory called <code>myfiles<\/code> that you want to archive, and you want to create the archive in the same directory, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">tar -czvf myfiles.tar.gz -C \/path\/to\/myfiles .<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this command, the <code>-c<\/code> option creates a new archive, the <code>-z<\/code> option compresses the archive using gzip, the <code>-v<\/code> option prints the names of the files being added to the archive, and the <code>-f<\/code> option specifies the name of the archive file.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>-C<\/code> option is used to change to the directory <code>\/path\/to\/myfiles<\/code> before creating the archive. 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