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 -czvf archive.tar.gz /usr/local/something
# tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.gz /home/MyImages OR # tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tgz /home/MyImages
tar -xf /path/to/archive.tar # unzip .tar