How to use the tar tool to create archive files

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Overview:

Solution Steps:

to create the archive file /path/to/archive.tar.gz from the file /path/to/file

tar -cvf /path/to/archive.tar.gz /path/to/file

where c -> create, v -> verify, f -> file.

Note the file so created is not compressed. To do so, add the z -> zip flag like

tar -cvfz /path/to/archive.tar.gz /path/to/file