Sysadmin Directory Backup

Code (Text):

tar -czpf archive.name.tar.gz -C /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com public

• tar → Calls the tar utility.
• -c → Creates a new archive.
• -z → Compresses the archive using gzip.
• -p → Preserves file permissions.
• -f archive.name.tar.gz → Specifies the archive filename.
• -C /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com → Changes the working directory to /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com before archiving.
• public → The relative path of the folder being archived.

To restore the archive back to /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com/, run:

Code (Text):

tar -xzpf archive.name.tar.gz -C /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com

This will restore the public/ directory inside /home/nginx/domains/mydomain.com/, keeping its structure and permissions intact. If you want to restore to a staging directory first, change the path for -C flag