1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

SSH Script to Compress Folder on server

Discussion in 'Apache' started by infonote, Jun 18, 2007.

0
  1. #1
    Hi,

    Can anyone please give me a url of an SSH script to compress a folder on server.

    Thanks in advance
     
    infonote, Jun 18, 2007 IP
  2. itdevil

    itdevil Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    632
    Likes Received:
    17
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #2 
     $ zip -r folder.zip folder
    Code (markup):
    :)
     
    itdevil, Jun 18, 2007 IP
    infonote likes this.
  3. infonote

    infonote Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    4,032
    Likes Received:
    68
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    160
    #3
    Thanks for reply. Rep given.

    I thought that ZIP does not exist in Unix. Tar file.
     
    infonote, Jun 18, 2007 IP
  4. CodyRo

    CodyRo Peon

    Messages:
    365
    Likes Received:
    15
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #4
    It usually is bundled with newer distros, if not you can download it and or use a package manager.

    
yum install zip unzip

OR

apt-get install zip
    Code (markup):
    I personally use tar/gzip though.

    
tar -cf blah.tar folder/
gzip -9 blah.tar
    Code (markup):
     
    CodyRo, Jun 19, 2007 IP
  5. andre75

    andre75 Peon

    Messages:
    1,203
    Likes Received:
    45
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #5
    I don't really see the benefit of zip.
    if you run
    tar czvf folder.tgz folder
    you get a compressed (gzip compressed) tar file without having to install anything
     
    andre75, Jun 20, 2007 IP
  6. DaiTengu

    DaiTengu Active Member

    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    4
    Best Answers:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    75
    #6
    I'm partial to bzip2, as it tends to compress better than gzip.

    tar jcvf filename.tbz folder
    Code (markup):
    Note: it does take a bit longer to compress if there's a large amount of data.
     
    DaiTengu, Jun 20, 2007 IP