I want to compress files in .tgz. I know how to make tar.gz(with tar and gzip) and some people say it is almost the same, but I need to make a .tgz, how??
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You might be interested in .7z and .xz which are great. – Anonymous Nov 30 '11 at 0:07
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A tar.gz file and a .tgz file are similar.
Compress files using tar:
tar -cvzf <name of tarball>.tgz /path/to/source/folder
for example, I want to create a backup.tgz or backup.tar.gz from folder /home/user/project
tar -cvzf backup.tgz /home/user/project
tar -cvzf backup.tar.gz /home/user/project
You can use tar cvzf instead of tar -cvzf as well.
Extract .tgz or .tar.gz files using tar
tar -xvzf backup.tgz
tar -xvzf backup.tar.gz
Mnemonic for compression (the order of the flags do not matter)
- C ompress
- Z ee
- F ile
- V erbose
Mnemonic for extraction (the order of the flags do not matter)
- e X tract
- Z ee
- F ile
- V erbose
answered Nov 29 '11 at 22:45
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3Nitpick: the order of the flags does matter for f: it must be the last flag, otherwise it fails. – Andres F. Jul 25 '17 at 14:41
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6For the flags,
cis better remembered as create, andzis remembered as compression, as in thezfrom zlib, gzip, zip. A better mnemonic would be C reate Z ipped F ile. – spencer7593 Oct 31 '17 at 20:18 -
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@ImmanuelWeihnachten these are just file extensions without any explicit meaning. You give meaning to them. And yes,
.tar.gzand a.tgzconsidered the same. – Neurotransmitter Jun 8 '20 at 12:32
It's the same. Just rename the file from file.tar.gz to file.tgz.
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7You've forgotten the command for renaming a file:
mv file.tar.gz file.tgz. Obvious, but worth mentioning – Lekensteyn Nov 29 '11 at 23:08
