How can I automatically remove files after they've been archived?
Solution 1
If you're using GNU tar
, you can use the --remove-files
option:
--remove-files
remove files after adding them to the archive
That's not portable though.
If your tar
doesn't have that, you'll need to do it manually, in two steps.
I'd suggest you don't put the tar file in the directory you're packing up, but put it in the parent directory. That way you can simply rm *
(possibly recursively) after tar
is done.
Solution 2
[max@localhost zzz]$ touch 1 2 3 4 [max@localhost zzz]$ ll total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 0 Oct 18 16:13 1 -rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 0 Oct 18 16:13 2 -rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 0 Oct 18 16:13 3 -rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 0 Oct 18 16:13 4
To create a archive use this command
-c ---------> For Create a archeive
[max@localhost zzz]$ tar -cvf max.tar 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[max@localhost zzz]$ ls -l max.tar -rw-rw-r-- 1 max max 10240 Oct 18 16:14 max.tar
To list a content of archive use this command
-t ---------> List all files in archive
[max@localhost zzz]$ tar -tvf max.tar -rw-rw-r-- max/max 0 2012-10-18 16:13 1 -rw-rw-r-- max/max 0 2012-10-18 16:13 2 -rw-rw-r-- max/max 0 2012-10-18 16:13 3 -rw-rw-r-- max/max 0 2012-10-18 16:13 4
To extract use this command
-x ---------> To extract from archive
-v ---------> For verbose mode
[max@localhost zzz]$ tar -xvf max.tar -C direc1 1 2 3 4
Here -C extract the content to directory direc1
To extract a single file from archieve use this command
[max@localhost zzz]$ tar -xvf max.tar 1 -C direc1 1 Give the file name you want to archive in my case file name is `1`
[max@localhost zzz]$ tar -cvf max.tar 1 2 3 4 --remove-files
This will remove original files after achieving
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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user1503606 over 1 year
How do i archive and remove excess files example.
cd ~/Desktop && tar -cvf sitepack.tar ./
this will give me
ls Riva_Starr_Feat._Noze_I_Was_Drunk_Official_Video_HD_.mp3 Riva_Starr_feat._Sud_Sound_System_Orizzonti_Official_Vide.mp3 Riva_starr_I_was_drunk_Syskey_remix_.mp3 sitepack.tar
when what i am looking for is
ls sitepack.tar
so it archive everything into the zip rather than leave them in place?
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Mark K Cowan over 10 yearsThere's always
tar cvf <out-file> <in-files> | xargs rm -f
as well to remove files immediately after adding them if your tar doesn't support the above GNU extension. -
RonJohn about 6 yearsWhy the dash in "tar -cvf"? That's never worked for me in gnu tar.
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Justapigeon over 4 yearsFull mwe:
tar tf /file.tar --remove-files