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UNIX Tar Commands
// how the heck do you do the stuff you do with zip but with tar
create tar file tar cvf filename.tar monkey.txt monkey2.txt add a file tar uvf filename.tar monkey.txt extract tar file tar xvf filename.tar list contents tar tf monkey.tar
Comments
Akhil Reddy replied on Thu, 2012/08/09 - 7:40am
There are many other options available in unix tar command.
You can compress a file using the gzip using the z option which savs the disk space.