cli-tarHow do I use the tar command line to create an archive?
The tar command line is a powerful tool for creating archives of files and directories. Here is an example of how to use it to create an archive:
tar -cvf myarchive.tar /path/to/files/This command will create an archive named myarchive.tar with the contents of the /path/to/files/ directory.
The parts of the command are:
tar: the name of the command-cvf: the flags that specify the type of archive to create and the name of the archivemyarchive.tar: the name of the archive to be created/path/to/files/: the path to the directory whose contents should be archived
For more information on the tar command, see the GNU tar manual.
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