Creating a UNIX tape archive

The tar command can be used to turn several files into a single tarfile.

tar can also be used to bundle up whole directories before transferring them to another system.

Use tar whenever you want to transfer a number of files or directories between different UNIX systems.

• Creating an archive file
• Making a tarfile smaller
• Examine the contents of a tarfile
• Unpacking a tar file

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