How can I compress a tar file into a tar.xz file on Windows?
I converted my folder into a tar file as follows:
Selected the file
Right-clicked one of the highlighted items
Clicked add to archive
Choose tar from the archive format drop-down menu
tar is now available natively on Windows 10, just open cmd.exe and you can create a tar.xz file with tar -cJf <archive.tar.xz> <files>
You can do thease ones
- Download 7zip then pack and unpack zip file
https://www.7-zip.org/
- Download Linux subsystem for Windows (MSYS,Cygwin, Virtual Machines)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#enable-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-feature-gui
http://www.cygwin.com/
http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys
I need to use gunzip (which is the decompression tool of gzip) in a terminal on Windows
I've downloaded gzip from here (first download link)
I installed it and added its /bin folder to my PATH variable, the gzip command works but gunzip is not even executable so I can't use it
gunzip content:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=${GZIP_BINDIR-'c:/progra~1/Gzip/bin'}:$PATH
exec gzip -d "$#"
Thanks
I made it work
As I said I needed to install gzip and add its /bin folder to my PATH variable
Then edit the ProgramFiles/GnuWin32/bin/gunzip file using this (replace everything):
#echo off
gzip -d %1
and save it to .bat format so you now have a gunzip.bat file in your /bin folder
Now I can use gunzip in a terminal :)
I have been using MobaXterm software in my local machine (Windows).
It works like Putty and WinSCP together and opens the local desktop in linux mode, thus it is easy for me to gunzip the *.gz type files.
The code you posted is bash, suitable for linux.
You need to make a dos/command version of it to be run on windows
i.e.
REM THIS IS CMD
PATH=c:/progra~1/Gzip/bin;%PATH%
gzip.exe -d "%*"
Since it is a different build anyway it is hard to say if all command line parameters are the same you are used with linux so maybe even with this .cmd or .bat you will not be able to work at the same way you do in a linux environment.
I am using git bash on Windows - that is git for Windows via the integrated bash. Apparently it uses the MINGW/MSYS underpinning. (Update from #VonC: It now uses msys2 since msysgit is obsolete since Q4 2015.)
So there are already a lot of MSYS tools installed - from awk to zcat. However I miss the man command and zip to compress multiple files into a zip file (unzip exists!).
Where from can I install them? I do not want to install another copy of the MINGW system! Any way just to add some pre-compiled tools to the git bash installation?
Here's another, slightly different, set of instructions to install zip for git bash on windows:
Navigate to this sourceforge page
Download zip-3.0-bin.zip
In the zipped file, in the bin folder, find the file zip.exe.
Extract the file zip.exe to your mingw64 bin folder (for me: C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin)
Navigate to to this sourceforge page
Download bzip2-1.0.5-bin.zip
In the zipped file, in the bin folder, find the file bzip2.dll
Extract bzip2.dll to your mingw64\bin folder (same folder as above: C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin)
7-zip can be added to gitbash as follows:
Install 7-zip on windows.
add 7-zip folder (C:\Program Files\7-Zip) to PATH
On gitbash exp: export PATH=$PATH:"C:\Program Files\7-Zip" (temporary)
On Windows, adding PATH like image below (permanent)
duplicate a copy of 7z.exe to be zip.exe
reopen gitbash again. done!
This way, it works on my laptop.
If you skip step 3. you still can call zip command as 7z instead of zip
Conclusion: Gitbash is running base on windows Path, I think you can run any command that you have added to your Windows PATH.
2016: The zip command can be installed from GoW (Gnu On Windows). man is not provided (too big).
It is to note, however, that if you only want to add the zip command from GoW, still the whole GoW system has to be downloaded and installed. Then you can delete the other commands from the bin directory, however make sure to keep the needed dlls in the directory.
Update 2021: tar/zip are by default installed on Windows 10.
7-zip based solutions are available below.
git-archive, is prepared without any installation, can create zip-archive.
mkdir workrepo
cd workrepo
git init
cp -r [target_file_or_dir] .
git add .
git commit -m commit
git archive -o ../myarchive.zip #
cd ..
rm -rf workrepo
Following script may be usable:
zip.sh foo.zip target_file_or_dir
#!/usr/bin/bash
set -eu
unset workdir
onexit() {
if [ -n ${workdir-} ]; then
rm -rf "$workdir"
fi
}
trap onexit EXIT
workdir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d gitzip.XXXXXX)
cp -r "$2" "$workdir"
pushd "$workdir"
git init
git config --local user.email "zip#example.com"
git config --local user.name "zip"
git add .
git commit -m "commit for zip"
popd
git archive --format=zip -o "$1" --remote="$workdir" HEAD
I am so glad to share my experience on this issue that I haven't known for two years since the first day I played with Groovy. My method needs to have git for Windows installed in Windows OS.
These steps are for installing 7z command-line utility, which behaves a bit differently from zip:
Download and install 7-Zip from its official website. By default, it is installed under the directory /c/Program Files/7-Zip in Windows 10 as my case.
Run git Bash under Administrator privilege and navigate to the directory /c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin, you can run the command ln -s "/c/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe" 7z.exe
I am pretty sure it could help you a lot. Trust me!
On Windows, you can use tar instead of zip.
tar -a -c -f output.zip myfile.txt
which is same as,
zip output.zip myfile.txt
no need to install any external zip tool.
I use choco as my Windows Package Manager.
I install 7zip with choco using PowerShell (you must be admin to use Choco)
PS > choco install 7zip.install
Open another gitbash Terminal and locate the 7z.exe executable
$ which 7z
/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin/7z
Do a straight copy of 7z.exe to zip.exe and voila
$ cp /c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin/7z.exe /c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin/zip.exe
You can mimic a small subset of man behavior in the shell by mapping man <command> to <command> --help | less
Unfortunately, on my machine bash aliases won't add flags to positional arguments, it will try to run the flag as a command and fail (alias man="$1 --help" doesn't work).
And a function called man() is not allowed!
Luckily a combination of bash functions and aliases can achieve this mapping. Put the code below in your ~/.bashrc (create one if it is not there). Don't forget to source ~/.bashrc.
# man command workaround: alias can't pass flags, but can't name function man
m() {
"$1" --help | less
}
alias man="m"
It doesn't get you the full man page, but if all you're looking for is basic info on a command and its flags, this might be all you need.
You can install individual GNU tools from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html such as zip.
Then add "/c/Program Files (x86)/GnuWin32/bin" to PATH in your startup script like .profile, .bash_profile, .bashrc, etc.
Here are the steps you can follow.
Go to the following link
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/
Find out whatever command you are missing
Here I need zip and bzip2 for zip command. Because zip command relies on bzip2.dll to run. Otherwise you will get error “error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”.
Unzip the downloaded files
Here I am downloading “zip-3.0-bin.zip” for “zip.exe” and “bzip2-1.0.5-bin.zip” for “bzip2.dll” in the bin folder. /bin/.exe
Copy the command exe file into git-bash folder
Here I am copying “zip.exe” and “bzip2.dll” to \Git\usr\bin.
Reference Link
https://ranxing.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/add-zip-into-git-bash-on-windows/
ln -s /mingw64/bin/ziptool.exe /usr/bin/zip
steps to install SDKMAN on windows
Run Windows Terminal in Admin rights. open git bash inside. (Ctrl + Shift + 4)
winget install -e --id GnuWin32.Zip
mkdir ~/bin
cp /usr/bin/unzip ~/bin/zip
curl -s "https://beta.sdkman.io" | bash
source "/c/Users/ajink/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
sdk selfupdate force
After you can install Java like this.
sdk install java 17.0.2-open
Done ! :)
In msys2, I restored the functionality of git help <command> by installing man-db:
|prompt> pacman -Syu man-db
|prompt> git help archive
For zip functionality, I also use git archive (similar to yukihane's answer).
Here's yet another 7-Zip option that I didn't notice:
Create a script named zip:
$ vi ~/bin/zip
Reference 7z specifying the add command followed by the args:
#!/bin/bash
/c/Progra~1/7-Zip/7z.exe a "$#"
Finally make it executable
$ chmod ugo+x ~/bin/zip
This helped to make a ytt build script happy.
+ zip ytt-lambda-website.zip main ytt
7-Zip 18.01 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2018-01-28
Scanning the drive:
2 files, 29035805 bytes (28 MiB)
Creating archive: ytt-lambda-website.zip
Add new data to archive: 2 files, 29035805 bytes (28 MiB)
Though this question as been answered quite thoroughly in regards to man there is one alternative to zipping that has not been highlighted here yet. #Zartc brought to my attention that there is a zip compression utility built-in: ziptool. In trying to use it however I found out it is no where near a drop-in replacement and you need to specify each individual file and folder. So I dug into the docs and experimented until I had a bash-function that can do all the heavy lifting and can be used very similar to a basic zip -qrf name * compression call:
zipWithZiptool() {
# Docs: https://libzip.org/documentation/ziptool.html
targetFilePath="$1"
shift
args=() # collect all args in an array so spaces are handled correctly
while IFS=$'\n\r' read -r line; do
if [[ -d "$line" ]]; then
args+=("add_dir" "$line") # Add a single directory by name
else
# add_file <pathInZip> <pathToFile> <startIndex> <length>
args+=("add_file" "$line" "$line" 0 -1)
fi
done <<< "$(find "$#")" # call find with every arg to return a recursive list of files and dirs
ziptool $targetFilePath "${args[#]}" # quotation is important for handling file names with spaces
}
You can then for example zip the contents of the current directory by calling it like this:
zipWithZiptool "my.zip" *
If you are willing to install CygWin also, you can add the CygWin path to your GitBash path, and if zip is there, it will work. e.g. add
PATH=$PATH:/c/cygwin/bin
export PATH
to your .bashrc; NOTE: I would put it at the end of the path as shown, not the beginning.
Since CygWin has a UI-based installer, it's easy to add or remove applications like zip or man.
You can figure out the windows paths of each by saying
`cygpath -w /bin`
in each respective shell.
Regarding zip, you can use a following perl script to pack files:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use IO::Compress::Zip qw(:all);
$z = shift;
zip [ #ARGV ] => $z or die "Cannot create zip file: $ZipError\n";
If you make it executable, name it zip, and put it in your $PATH, you can run it like this:
zip archive.zip files...
however it will not work for directories. There is no need to install anything, as perl and all required modules are already there in the Git for Windows installation.
Regarding man, at least for git there is a documentation invoked like this:
git option --help
it will open in your default browser.
Here is my experience, I cant run and exe or .msi files in my laptop. so downloaded filed from https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki > go to download Now and Downloaded Source Code (Zip) and unzipped this file in a folder and updated path variable with folder name.
This worked out for me.
If you want to zip files without needing to install any additional tools on Windows, in a way that works both on git bash and on other *nix systems, you might be able to use perl.
Per Josip Medved's blog, the following script creates an .epub (which is a zip file), and includes a filter for stripping src/ from the files added to the zip:
perl -e '
use strict;
use warnings;
use autodie;
use IO::Compress::Zip qw(:all);
zip [
"src/mimetype",
<"src/META-INF/*.*">,
<"src/OEBPS/*.*">,
<"src/OEBPS/chapters/*.*">
] => "bin/book.epub",
FilterName => sub { s[^src/][] },
Zip64 => 0,
or die "Zip failed: $ZipError\n";
'
install zip
https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zip.htm
copy zip.exe and bzip2.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin to C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin
reopen git-bash
Solutions for me were just to install zip on my terminal(bash):
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install zip unzip
A friend sent me a tarball entitled cst-web.tar.gz
I am on a work computer that doesn't allow me to download files so I thought to extract the tarball using the DOS commands. However, when I use any of the DOS commands I found such as
tar xf [filename]
# or
tar -xvzf [filename]
I get the message that the command is 'not recognizable as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'.
Stuck on what to try next. Any suggestions?
There is nothing built into Windows that can extract a tarball. You will need a third-party program like 7-Zip or WinRAR. If you can't download files, you can't open the tarball.
I have a series of files named filename.part0.tar, filename.part1.tar, … filename.part8.tar.
I guess tar can create multiple volumes when archiving, but I can't seem to find a way to unarchive them on Windows. I've tried to untar them using 7zip (GUI & commandline), WinRAR, tar114 (which doesn't run on 64-bit Windows), WinZip, and ZenTar (a little utility I found).
All programs run through the part0 file, extracting 3 rar files, then quit reporting an error. None of the other part files are recognized as .tar, .rar, .zip, or .gz.
I've tried concatenating them using the DOS copy command, but that doesn't work, possibly because part0 thru part6 and part8 are each 100Mb, while part7 is 53Mb and therefore likely the last part. I've tried several different logical orders for the files in concatenation, but no joy.
Other than installing Linux, finding a live distro, or tracking down the guy who left these files for me, how can I untar these files?
Install 7-zip. Right click on the first tar. In the context menu, go to "7zip -> Extract Here".
Works like a charm, no command-line kung-fu needed:)
EDIT:
I only now noticed that you mention already having tried 7zip. It might have balked if you tried to "open" the tar by going "open with" -> 7zip - Their command-line for opening files is a little unorthodox, so you have to associate via 7zip instead of via the file association system built-in to windows. If you try the right click -> "7-zip" -> "extract here", though, that should work- I tested the solution myself (albeit on a 32-bit Windows box- Don't have a 64 available)
1) download gzip http://www.gzip.org/ for windows and unpack it
2) gzip -c filename.part0.tar > foo.gz
gzip -c filename.part1.tar >> foo.gz
...
gzip -c filename.part8.tar >> foo.gz
3) unpack foo.gz
worked for me
As above, I had the same issue and ran into this old thread. For me it was a severe case of RTFM when installing a Siebel VM . These instructions were straight from the manual:
cat \
OVM_EL5U3_X86_ORACLE11G_SIEBEL811ENU_SIA21111_PVM.tgz.1of3 \
OVM_EL5U3_X86_ORACLE11G_SIEBEL811ENU_SIA21111_PVM.tgz.2of3 \
OVM_EL5U3_X86_ORACLE11G_SIEBEL811ENU_SIA21111_PVM.tgz.3of3 \
| tar xzf –
Worked for me!
The tar -M switch should it for you on windows (I'm using tar.exe).
tar --help says:
-M, --multi-volume create/list/extract multi-volume archive
I found this thread because I had the same problem with these files. Yes, the same exact files you have. Here's the correct order: 042358617 (i.e. start with part0, then part4, etc.)
Concatenate in that order and you'll get a tarball you can unarchive. (I'm not on Windows, so I can't advise on what app to use.) Note that of the 19 items contained therein, 3 are zip files that some unarchive utilities will report as being corrupted. Other apps will allow you to extract 99% of their contents. Again, I'm not on Windows, so you'll have to experiment for yourself.
Enjoy! ;)
This works well for me with multivolume tar archives (numbered .tar.1, .tar.2 and so on) and even allows to --list or --get specific folders or files in them:
#!/bin/bash
TAR=/usr/bin/tar
ARCHIVE=bkup-01Jun
RPATH=home/user
RDEST=restore/
EXCLUDE=.*
mkdir -p $RDEST
$TAR vf $ARCHIVE.tar.1 -F 'echo '$ARCHIVE'.tar.${TAR_VOLUME} >&${TAR_FD}' -C $RDEST --get $RPATH --exclude "$EXCLUDE"
Copy to a script file, then just change the parameters:
TAR=location of tar binary
ARCHIVE=Archive base name (without .tar.multivolumenumber)
RPATH=path to restore (leave empty for full restore)
RDEST=restore destination folder (relative or absolute path)
EXCLUDE=files to exclude (with pattern matching)
Interesting thing for me is you really DON'T use the -M option, as this would only ask you questions (insert next volume etc.)
Hello perhaps would help.
I had the same problems ...
a save on my web site made automaticaly in Centos at 4 am create multiple file in multivolume tar format (saveblabla.tar, saveblabla.tar1.tar, saveblabla.tar2.tar,etc..)
after downloading this file on my PC (windows) i can't extract them with both windows cmd or 7zip (unknow error).
I thirst binary copy file to reassemble tar files. (above in that thread)
copy /b file1+file2+file3 destination
after that, 7zip worked !!! Thanks for you help