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How Do I: A Linux Q&A

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== [HOWTO COMPRESS with tar zip tar.gz tgz] ==Back up a directory of files and preserve the path.  tar -zcvf sourcefiles archive.tar.gz* -z compress using zip* -c create* -v verbose* -f archive file to createYou can add -p to preserve absolute names, so that the path will begin with the root / and all the way to the directory location.  This is really only useful for doing backups/
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