#tarzip

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Compress File in UBUNTU linux Rackspace Cloud Server

First, connect to your server via ssh terminal.

Note : Some directories such as /var require root permissions to read and write for backup.

So you may need to run tar command using sudo command. In this example backup, /var/www/vhosts/arif.my/ and your /home/arif to /backup directory, enter:

$ sudo mkdir /backup $ sudo tar -zcvpf /backup/nama_fail_tarikh.tar.gz /var/www/vhosts/arif.my/ /home/arif