I have hundreds of directories under /var/Recording, and each directory there will have subdirectories, including files, hard links and soft links. I want to compress all directories under /var/Recording to create a single compressed file.Which command would give me the best compression? tar or cpio (especially considering the fact that I have hard and soft link files).Also, what is the right syntax of the tar/cpio command ?   drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1034  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1033  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1038  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1037  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1036  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1041  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1040  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1039  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1044  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1043  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1042  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1047  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1046  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1045  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1049  drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:57 458ca4e8-0edf-4204-9f9b-9c3dc02953c5.1048  .  .  .  .  .
cpio VS tar - what the best archive solution in order to compress hundred of directories to one file
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