cli-tarHow do I use the command line to create a tar file?
To create a tar file using the command line, you can use the tar
command. The basic syntax for creating a tar file is as follows:
tar -cvf <archive-name>.tar <file-or-directory-to-archive>
This command will create an archive file called <archive-name>.tar
containing the file or directory specified.
Code explanation
tar
: This is the command to create the tar file.-cvf
: This is the flag used to specify the action to be taken. The-c
flag is to create a new archive, the-v
flag is to be verbose (list the files being archived), and the-f
flag is to specify the filename of the archive.<archive-name>.tar
: This is the name of the tar file that will be created.<file-or-directory-to-archive>
: This is the file or directory that will be archived.
Here is an example of creating a tar file called myarchive.tar
containing the directory mydir
:
tar -cvf myarchive.tar mydir
For more information on the tar
command, please see the following links:
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