{"id":536,"date":"2025-05-29T18:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ouritsource.com\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:47:30","slug":"example-linux-bash-script-to-zip-contents-of-folders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ouritsource.com\/blog\/example-linux-bash-script-to-zip-contents-of-folders\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Bash Script To ZIP contents of Folders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

backup.sh<\/strong>

#sets the current date and time to a variable so it can be used when naming zip file
current_time=$(date \u201c+%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S\u201d)

#compress contents of \/var folder to zip file
tar -zcvf \/mnt\/EXTHD01\/fedora01\/backup\/fedora01_$current_time.tar.gz \/var

#compress contents of \/opt to zip file
tar -zcvf \/mnt\/EXTHD01\/fedora01\/backup\/fedora01_$current_time.tar.gz \/opt

#compress contents of \/etc to zip file
tar -zcvf \/mnt\/EXTHD01\/fedora01\/backup\/fedora01_$current_time.tar.gz \/etc

#compress contents of \/home to zip file
tar -zcvf \/mnt\/EXTHD01\/fedora01\/backup\/fedora01_$current_time.tar.gz \/home
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#####################<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To extract contents of compressed file, use the following syntax:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tar -xvf <file.tar.gz> <folder_name> -C <destination_directory><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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