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     -c create a new archive
     -c create a new archive
    -r append to an existing archive
     -x extract files from an archive
     -x extract files from an archive



Latest revision as of 11:43, 7 July 2010

Extract

To extract a .tar.gz file use the following command.

tar xvzf file

Create

To create a .tar.gz file use the following command.

tar cvzf filename.tar.gz source

Switches

    -c create a new archive
    -r append to an existing archive
    -x extract files from an archive

    -v verbosely list files processed
    -z filter the archive through gzip
    -f use archive file or device ARCHIVE