Create tape archives and add or extract files.

Note: A ".tar" file is not a compressed files, it is a collection of files within a single file uncompressed. If the file is a .tar.gz ("tarball") or ".tgz" file it is a collection of files that is compressed. If you are looking to compress a file you would create the tar file then gzip the file.

How to tar a file

 SYNTAX:  

 tar  -cvf  < filename >.tar  /< File directory location >/

 Example: 

 tar -cvf domainconfig_bms.tar domainconfig

 tar -cvwf file.tar myfile.txt

• c – create a new archive
• v – verbosely list files which are processed.
• f – following is the archive file name
• z – filter the archive through gzip 

  

How to untar a file

SYNTAX: 

tar  -xvf  < filename >.tar

tar  -xvwzf myfile.tar

tar  -xvwzf myfile.tar.gz 

Example: tar –xvf  domainconfig_bms.tar