using tar to compress and extract files

 

Using tar to compress file(s)

• tar –czvf destination.tar.gz source/*

Using tar to uncompress/extract file(s) 

• tar –xzvf destination.tar.gz

where:
c = create a new tar file
v = verbose , display file to compress or uncompress
f = create the tar file with filename provided as the argument
z = use gzip to zip it
x = extract file

Mission Statement

I know a lot that I would like to retain and I have high hopes for future learning.  My goal is to use this site to keep track of some of the key details of the things I find interesting and useful.

I plan to use this for professional knowledge about:

• computer science
• linguistics
• programming

and personal knowledge about:

• languages
• travel
• personal development
• etc.