tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/dir/
Create a new tar archive. $ tar cvf archive_name.tar dirname/ Extract from an existing tar archive. $ tar xvf archive_name.tar View an existing tar archive. $ tar tvf archive_name.tar
# tar -cvf tecmint-14-09-12.tar /home/tecmint/ /home/tecmint/ /home/tecmint/cleanfiles.sh /home/tecmint/openvpn-2.1.4.tar.gz /home/tecmint/tecmint-14-09-12.tar /home/tecmint/phpmyadmin-2.11.11.3-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm /home/tecmint/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
# tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz /home/MyImages OR # tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tgz /home/MyImages
