Create a tar.xz file on command line

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How can I compress a tar file into a tar.xz file on Windows?

I converted my folder into a tar file as follows:

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '20 at 15:09

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tar is now available natively on Windows 10, just open cmd.exe and you can create a tar.xz file with tar -cJf <archive.tar.xz> <files>

answered Feb 28 '20 at 15:09

Étienne

I used Cygwin tar since Windows tar complained about not supporting xz – Nathan Sep 20 '21 at 05:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '19 at 13:59

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