To tar and compress files, backup the files and also untar and uncompress the same files.
cd /u01/oradata/test – area of files .
Now tar and compress and copy the files to backup area – /u02/oradata/test_bkup named as test.tar.gz
tar cvf – * |gzip -c >/u02/oradata/test_bkup/test.tar.gz –
Check for compressed files –
cd /u02/oradata/test_bkup
test:/u02/oradata/test_bkup> ls -lrt
-rw-r–r– 1 oracle dba 105952962 Feb 26 11:31 test.tar.gz
test:/u02/oradata/test_bkup>
Now to untar and uncompress the files back to the original area –
cd /u01/oradata/test – original area of the files.
gzip -dc < /u02/oradata/test_bkup/test.tar.gz | tar xvf –
Files are uncompressed and sent to original area.
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