Use tar to compress file tar.gz with password

Question

I use `tar -czf test.tar.gz test/` to compress `test` forlder to `test.tar.gz` . Now, I want compress to `test.tar.gz` with password `"mypass"` How can I do?

Accepted Answer

Neither the `tar format` nor the `gz format` has built-in support for password-protecting files. Use crypt or gpg on the Refer this encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-a-password for more info.

```
tar cvvjf - /path/to/files | ccrypt > backup.tar.bz2.cpt
```

or

```
ccrypt backup.tar.bz2
```

And then to decrypt:

```
cat ../backup.tar.bz2 | ccrypt -d | tar -xjf -
```

You can also use zip

```
zip -e file.zip file
```

Will ask you on a prompt for a password. It is more secure then passing the password via the command line via `zip -P password`.

Use tar to compress file tar.gz with password

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