Linux TAR Command Implementation

The Linux TAR stands for tape archive, it is used to create Archive, extract the Archive files and list files present in Archive.

Syntax

./tar [mode] [absolute path]

Modes of TAR Command

Example of all commands

• Create an Archive for a folder

./tar -c /home/prernatulsiani/Desktop/Datasets

Note : After this commands two tar files are created. Datasets.tar is original tar file whereas Datasets_c.tar is compressed tar file (With upto 45% reduction in size)

• Compress a file

./tar -c /home/prernatulsiani/Desktop/Datasets/part3.txt

• List all files present in an Archive

./tar -t /home/prernatulsiani/Desktop/Prerna/DSA2/DSA_Project/Datasets_c.tar

• Extract files present in an Archive

./tar -x /home/prernatulsiani/Desktop/Prerna/DSA2/DSA_Project/Datasets_c.tar

• Decode a compressed file

./tar -d /home/prernatulsiani/Desktop/Prerna/DSA2/DSA_Project/part3

Steps to implement the command on Linux OS

1. Clone the repository

git clone "https://github.com/pt3002/TAR_command"

2. At the project root run:

make

3. Then as per your requirements run the commands given above !

Drive Link for Large Datasets

Dataset

References

1. Linux Man Pages
2. Ubuntu Man Pages
3. LZ77 Data Compression Technique