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cPanel's backup compression method

Discussion in 'Data Protection' started by Nathan D., Jun 18, 2012.

  1. Nathan D.

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    I noticed that when cPanel does a full backup using tar compression, I'm able to open/view the archive without extracting it (in Windows). However, when I compress a directory myself using tar -cvf, it forces me to extract the contents before viewing it.

    What command(s) is cPanel using to create/compress the directories into a tar?

    I apologize if this is basic Linux/cPanel knowledge.
     
    #1 Nathan D., Jun 18, 2012
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    This will sound pedantic but tar -cvf does not compress, it only archives. To compress you need to add the appropriate parameters to the tar command. Our backup software uses gzip for compression. The command line for tar would look like tar -czvf.
     
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    I accidentally left off the -z (for gzip) in my original post and actually have tried with that option, but still have the problem. After running that command and downloading the .tar file, when I open it in Windows with something like 7zip, I see a file within it simply named the same as the .tar file but without the .tar extension. Why don't I see the folder/file structure as I do with a cPanel-generated backup?
     
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