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Variables:
archive name: osis
directory to be archived: /osis
archive placeholder: ~/temp/
archive
find /osis/. -print0 | cpio --null -ov --format=newc > ~/temp/osis
or
cd mnt; find . -print0 | cpio --null -ov --format=newc > ../osis; cd ..
compress archive using xz compression
xz -zvf -9 -C crc32 ~/temp/osis
or
xz -zvf -9 -C crc32 osis
decompress xz compressed archive file
xz --decompress ~/temp/osis.xz
or
unxz -v osis.xz
extract osis to ~/temp
cd ~/temp; cpio -idv < ~/osis/osis
