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How can I use the 7-Zip CLI (7za.exe) on Windows to create .tgz archives, as I use tar zcvf archive.tgz source_files on Linux?

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OT alert: it beats me why anybody would use 7-zip in any circumstances. Why not winzip? – Pete Wilson Sep 26 '11 at 11:18
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@PeteWilson It's free. – f.ardelian Sep 26 '11 at 11:21
Thanks to whoever moved the question here. My mistake. – f.ardelian Sep 26 '11 at 11:32
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Not the only reason. Supported file formats and features blow winzip out of the water. My reaction is more along the lines of why would anybody not use 7-zip. – mindless.panda Sep 26 '11 at 13:35

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If you'd like to do it in a one-liner:

7za.exe a -ttar -so archive.tar source_files | 7za.exe a -si archive.tgz

I'm not sure why the archive.tar is required in the first part, but it is. It doesn't even need to end in .tar, it just needs an archive name to use.

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If you're just compressing 1 file into the tarball then 7za a archive.tgz source_file will work.

If you want to add lots of files to the tar then you need to do it in two steps: Create the tar 7za a archive.tar source_files Then compress it 7za a archive.tgz archive.tar

And, optionally, delete the 'temporary' tar del archive.tar

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