cli-tarHow do I use the Unix tar command to create an archive?
The tar
command is a widely used Unix command that allows you to create an archive of files. To use tar
to create an archive, you will need to specify the -cvf
flags and the name of the archive file you wish to create.
For example, to create an archive named my_archive.tar
of the files file1.txt
and file2.txt
in the current directory, you can use the following command:
tar -cvf my_archive.tar file1.txt file2.txt
This will create an archive named my_archive.tar
in the current directory containing the two files file1.txt
and file2.txt
.
The -cvf
flags are used as follows:
-c
: This flag tellstar
to create an archive.-v
: This flag tellstar
to output a verbose list of the files it is archiving.-f
: This flag tellstar
to use the following argument as the name of the archive file.
You can also use tar
to add files to an existing archive. To do this, you will need to use the -rvf
flags instead of -cvf
.
For example, to add the file file3.txt
to the existing archive my_archive.tar
, you can use the following command:
tar -rvf my_archive.tar file3.txt
This will add the file file3.txt
to the existing archive my_archive.tar
.
You can find more detailed information about the tar
command and its flags here.
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