cli-tarHow do I use Unix tar to compress files into a directory?
To use Unix tar to compress files into a directory, use the following command:
tar -czvf <name_of_archive.tar.gz> <name_of_directory>This will create a compressed archive of the directory in the current working directory.
The parts of the command are as follows:
tar: the command to use for archiving-czvf: flags to set the compression type (-c), verbose output (-v), and output file name (-f)<name_of_archive.tar.gz>: the name of the compressed archive to be created<name_of_directory>: the name of the directory to be compressed
For more information, see the GNU tar manual.
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