How to run tar -czf command in windows?

Question

I am currently running a computer which has access to only Windows. I have to submit a folder after running tar -czf on it. How can I do this in Windows, do I have any options ?

Thank you very much.

Answer 1

tar -czf creates a gzipped tar file, usually the extension .tar.gz or .tgz is used.

This can be created using, e.g., 7Zip; see for example this blog post: http://www.tmsnetwork.org/blog/creating-targz-archive-easily-windows. Many more tools could be used, see http://www.7zip.com/type/5/TAR.

Answer 2

You want to install Cygwin or MSYS, they usually come with tar utility.

Answer 3

You can also download and install 7zip. http://www.7zip.org. With it, you can both unpack and pack many different compression types including gzip.

Answer 4

If all you want is to create a tar.gz (also called tgz) file, then you can use 7Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/

Supported formats:

* Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
* Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.

Answer 5

look for tar for windows( like this one)