Tar command in Linux - Part 1 (Introduction to tar command)

Показать описание

Tar Command in Linux:-
The Linux ‘tar’ stands for ‘Tape Archive’, which is used by a large number of Linux/Unix system administrators to deal with tape drives backup. The tar command is used to rip a collection of files and directories into a single compressed archive file, also known as tar, gzip and bzip in Linux. The tar command is most widely used command to create compressed archive files and that can be moved easily from one disk to another or PC to PC.

tar was originally developed in the early days of Unix for the purpose of backing up files to tape-based storage devices. It was later formalized as part of thee POSIX standard, and today is used to collect, distribute and archive files, while preserving file system attributes such as user and group permissions, access and modification dates, and directories structures.

What is a tar file ?
A Tar file is an archive file that contains one or more files inside. This is often done to ease distribution of a large set of files over the Internet.

Tar Command Options:-
-c :- Creates a new archive file.
-v :- Verbose.
-t :- List out the contents of an archive.
-x :- Extract file from an archive.
-r :- Append files to the end of an archive.
-w :- Ask for confirmation for every action.