Archiving Files and Directories with Compression

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Archiving Files and Directories with Compression

Creating a compressed archive file can be useful for backup purposes. In this hands-on lab, we're going to make a compressed archive of a directory containing a custom application before upgrading the application to guarantee that we have a copy of the working program.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

May 23, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Create an Archive Directory in the cloud_user Home Directory
First, let's make sure we're in our home directory, then create an archive directory and get into it:
```
mkdir archive
```
Challenge

Make the Archive Directory the Current Directory
Change the directory to archive using the cd command:
```
cd archive
```
Challenge

Archive the /opt/myapp Directory as myapp.tar.gz
Use the tar command to create the myapp.tar.gz archive containing /opt/myapp and its contents:
```
tar -cvzf myapp.tar.gz /opt/myapp
```
Challenge

List the Contents of myapp.tar.gz and Redirect It to app.list
Use the tar command to list the contents of myapp.tar.gz:
```
tar -tf myapp.tar.gz
```
It looks good, so now let's run that command again and redirect the output to an app.list file:
```
tar -tf myapp.tar.gz > app.list
```

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