Question

JavaScript

Tar and zip this entire work directory

Answer 1

The tar command in Linux is often used to create .tar.gz or .tgz archive files. The tar command can extract the resulting archives, too.

However while using javascript if we want o use tar and zip the entie work directory the the following example code snippets can be used

const configPath = path.join(this.base, '.platform', data);
const createOpts = {gzip: true, cwd: configPath, sync: true};
const archive = tar.create(createOpts, fs.readdirSync(configPath));