cli-tarHow can I run a Unix tar command in the background?

To run a Unix tar command in the background, you need to use the nohup command. This command allows you to run the command after you log out of the terminal session.

For example, to run the tar command tar -cvf archive.tar /home/user/Documents in the background, you can use the following command: nohup tar -cvf archive.tar /home/user/Documents &

The output of this command will be:

[1] 1234

Code explanation

• nohup: This command allows the command to run after the user logs out of the terminal session.
• tar -cvf archive.tar /home/user/Documents: This is the command to create an archive of the /home/user/Documents directory.
• &: This symbol is used to run the command in the background.

Helpful links

• nohup
• tar

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