Create unique tar archives from a list of directories
I'm looking to archive a client directory from a CIFS share
There are multiple directories that will be stored in a text file and I'm looking to
create an individual tar archive of each folder in the directory.
I've tried a number of commands to no avail.
Here's what I would like.
text file contents
output:
This command appears to work but the tar file isn't created in my current directory.
*Update*
I did some more testing while typing this and figured out that if I change $i.tar to test.tar, the archive is created. I would like the archive to have the name of the directory that is being archived.
Any ideas of a better way to accomplish this?
Last edited by Franklin52; 05-16-2011 at 02:59 AM..
Reason: Please use code tags
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On my Unix Server in my directory, I have 70 files distributed in the following directories (which have several other files too). These files include C Source Files, Shell Script Source Files, Binary Files, Object Files.
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Hi,
I want to archive files by month,
is there anyway of this code looks better?
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Gents,
Please can you help.
I want to create a list which contends the complete patch of the location of some directories with the size of each file.
need to select only .txt file
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To bakunin and corona688:
My result when text in file is
ms_ww_546
ms_rrL_99999
ms_nnn_67_756675
is
https://www.unix.com/C:\Users\Fejoz\Desktop\ttt.jpg
I hope you can see the picture. There is like a "whitespace character" after 2 of the 3 created directories.
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Hi...
Thanks to read this...
I want to use mkdir to create many directories listed in a text file, let's say.
How do I do this?
Sorry for this maybe very basic question :) (13 Replies)
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7zr
7zr(1) General Commands Manual 7zr(1)NAME
7zr - A file archiver with highest compression ratio
SYNOPSIS
7zr [adeltux] [-] [SWITCH] <ARCHIVE_NAME> <ARGUMENTS>...
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip is a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The program supports 7z (that implements LZMA compression algorithm), ZIP,
CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.
7zr is a stand-alone executable. 7zr handles less archive formats than 7z, but does not need any others. 7zr is a "light-version" of 7za
that only handles 7z archives.
FUNCTION LETTERS
a Add
d Delete
e Extract
l List
t Test
u Update
x eXtract with full paths
SWITCHES
-ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
Include archives
-ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
eXclude archives
-bd Disable percentage indicator
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
Include filenames
-l don't store symlinks; store the files/directories they point to (CAUTION : the scanning stage can never end because of recursive
symlinks like 'ln -s .. ldir')
-m{Parameters}
Set Compression Method (see /usr/share/doc/packages/p7zip/DOCS/MANUAL/switches/method.htm for a list of methods)
-mhe=on|off
7z format only : enables or disables archive header encryption (Default : off)
-o{Directory}
Set Output directory
-p{Password}
Set Password
-r[-|0]
Recurse subdirectories (CAUTION: this flag does not do what you think, avoid using it)
-sfx[{name}]
Create SFX archive
-si Read data from StdIn (eg: tar cf - directory | 7zr a -si directory.tar.7z)
-so Write data to StdOut (eg: 7zr x -so directory.tar.7z | tar xf -)
-slt Sets technical mode for l (list) command
-v{Size}[b|k|m|g]
Create volumes
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]
Update options
-w[path]
Set Working directory
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
Exclude filenames
-y Assume Yes on all queries
DIAGNOSTICS
7-Zip returns the following exit codes:
0 Normal (no errors or warnings detected)
1 Warning (Non fatal error(s)). For example, some files cannot be read during compressing. So they were not compressed
2 Fatal error
7 Bad command line parameters
8 Not enough memory for operation
255 User stopped the process with control-C (or similar)
Backup and limitations
DO NOT USE the 7-zip format for backup purpose on Linux/Unix because :
- 7-zip does not store the owner/group of the file.
On Linux/Unix, in order to backup directories you must use tar :
- to backup a directory : tar cf - directory | 7zr a -si directory.tar.7z
- to restore your backup : 7zr x -so directory.tar.7z | tar xf -
If you want to send files and directories (not the owner of file) to others Unix/MacOS/Windows users, you can use the 7-zip format.
example : 7zr a directory.7z directory
Do not use "-r" because this flag does not do what you think.
Do not use directory/* because of ".*" files (example : "directory/*" does not match "directory/.profile")
EXAMPLE 1
7zr a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z dir1
adds all files from directory "dir1" to archive archive.7z using "ultra settings"
-t7z 7z archive
-m0=lzma
lzma method
-mx=9 level of compression = 9 (Ultra)
-mfb=64
number of fast bytes for LZMA = 64
-md=32m
dictionary size = 32 megabytes
-ms=on solid archive = on
EXAMPLE 2
7zr a -sfx archive.exe dir1
add all files from directory "dir1" to SFX archive archive.exe (Remark : SFX archive MUST end with ".exe")
EXAMPLE 3
7zr a -mhe=on -pmy_password archive.7z a_directory
add all files from directory "a_directory" to the archive "archive.7z" (with data and header archive encryption on)
SEE ALSO 7z(1), 7za(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), zip(1)HTML Documentation
/usr/share/doc/packages/p7zip/DOCS/MANUAL/index.htm
AUTHOR
Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette.
Mohammed Adnene Trojette September 1 2006 7zr(1)