Tar Create - HP FlexFabric 12900 series Command Reference Manual

Usage guidelines
The digest can be used to verify the integrity of the file. For example, you can use this command to
calculate the digest of a software image file and compare it with that provided on the HP website to
identify whether the file has been tampered with.
Examples
# Use the SHA-256 algorithm to calculate the digest of file system.bin.
<Sysname> sha256sum system.bin
SHA256 digest:
0851e0139f2770e87d01ee8c2995ca9e59a8f5f4062e99af14b141b1a36ca152
Related commands
md5sum

tar create

Use tar create to archive files and folders.
Syntax
tar create [ gz ] archive-file fileurl-dest [ verbose ] source fileurl-source-list&<1-5>
Views
User view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
gz: Uses gzip to compress the files and folders before archiving them.
archive-file fileurl-dest: Specifies the archive file name. If you specified the gz keyword, the suffix of this
argument must be .tar.gz. If you did not specify the gz keyword, the suffix of this argument must be .tar.
verbose: Displays the names of the successfully archived files and folders.
source fileurl-source-list&<1-5>: Specifies the files and folders to be archived. The fileurl-source-list
argument can be a space-separated list of up to five items. Each item can be a file or folder name.
Examples
# Archive file a.cfg to file a.tar.
<Sysname> tar create archive-file a.tar source a.cfg
Creating archive a.tar ...... Done.
# Compress file a.cfg and archive the file to a.tar.gz.
<Sysname> tar create gz archive-file a.tar.gz source a.cfg
Creating archive a.tar.gz Done.
# Compress and archive files and folders, and display the successfully archived files and folders.
<Sysname> tar create gz archive-file a.tar.gz verbose source a.cfg a.dbm ./core
a.cfg
a.dbm
./core
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