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Archiving (1)
Useful to backup or release a set of files within 1 file
tar: originally “tape archive”
Creating an archive:
tar cvf <archive> <files or directories>
c: create
v: verbose. Useful to follow archiving progress.
f: file. Archive created in file (tape used otherwise).
Example:
tar cvf /backup/home.tar /home
bzip2 /backup/home.tar