How to Compress Files

Prerequisites

Before compressing files, make sure you have:

• SSH access to your VPS

Create .tar.gz (Most Common)

Connect to your VPS:

ssh hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

tar -czf archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory/

Create .tar (No Compression)

tar -cf archive.tar /path/to/directory/

Create .tar.bz2 (Better Compression, Slower)

tar -cjf archive.tar.bz2 /path/to/directory/

Create .zip File

zip -r archive.zip /path/to/directory/

Compress Single File with gzip

gzip largefile.log

Creates largefile.log.gz

Compress with Password (zip)

zip -r -e secure.zip /path/to/directory/

View Compression Progress

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory/

Add v for verbose output.