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Archiving websites on Unix-like systems can be accomplished using a few different tools and methods. Here are some steps you can follow to archive websites on Unix-like systems: 1. Install wget: wget is a command-line utility for retrieving files from the web using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols. Most Unix-like systems come with wget pre-installed, but if it's not installed on your system, you can install it using your system's package manager. For example, on Debian-based systems like Ubuntu, you can run the following command to install wget: ``` sudo apt-get install wget ``` 2. Use wget to download the website: Once you have wget installed, you can use it to download the website and its content. The following command will download the entire website and its content recursively: ``` wget --recursive --no-clobber --page-requisites --html-extension --convert-links --restrict-file-names=windows --domains website.com --no-parent https://website.com/ ``` Here's what each option in the command does: * `--recursive`: download the website recursively. * `--no-clobber`: don't overwrite existing files (useful if you need to resume an interrupted download). * `--page-requisites`: download all the necessary files to display the page, such as images and CSS. * `--html-extension`: save files with the `.html` extension instead of the default `.html`. * `--convert-links`: convert links to be relative to the downloaded files. * `--restrict-file-names=windows`: restrict the file names to Windows-compatible names. * `--domains website.com`: only follow links from this domain. * `--no-parent`: don't download files from the parent directory. You can adjust these options to suit your needs. 3. Compress the archive: Once you have downloaded the website, you can compress it to save space. You can use the `tar` command to create a compressed archive: ``` tar -czvf website.tar.gz website.com/ ``` This command creates a compressed archive called `website.tar.gz` of the downloaded website. 4. Store the archive: Finally, you can store the archive in a safe place, such as an external hard drive or cloud storage. That's it! With these steps, you can archive a website on a Unix-like system using wget and tar.
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