Archive the Project

Linux lab Beginner 4 tasks 10 points

The project folder is ready to ship. Bundle it into a compressed archive, check what's inside, and practise unpacking it somewhere safe.

How it works: the terminal below is a real Linux machine running in your browser. Click it and type. Tasks tick themselves off as you complete them; questions are answered in the box under each task. Press Reset any time for a fresh machine. Your password on this machine (for sudo) is student.

Getting your Linux machine ready…

The first start downloads about 20 MB. After that your browser keeps it, and labs start in a moment.

Hints

-c create, -t list, -x extract; f names the file, z adds gzip.

Solution explanation

tar -cf bundles the folder; adding z also gzips it, so project.tar.gz is smaller. tar -tf lists the contents without unpacking, and tar -xzf ... -C restore extracts the compressed archive into the empty folder.

Show solution

tar -cvf project.tar project
tar -czvf project.tar.gz project
tar -tf project.tar | wc -l
mkdir restore
tar -xzf project.tar.gz -C restore
ls restore/project