Tar

 tar: The command itself.

[options]: Optional flags or settings that modify the behavior of the tar command.

[archive-file]: The name of the archive file you are creating or working with.

[file or directory to be archived]: The file or directory you want to include in the archive.

Options	Description
-c	Creates an archive by bundling files and directories together.
-x	Extracts files and directories from an existing archive.
-f	Specifies the filename of the archive to be created or extracted.
-t	Displays or lists the files and directories contained within an archive.
-u	Archives and adds new files or directories to an existing archive.
-v	Displays verbose information, providing detailed output during the archiving or extraction process.
-A	Concatenates multiple archive files into a single archive.
-z	Uses gzip compression when creating a tar file, resulting in a compressed archive with the ‘.tar.gz’ extension.
-j	Uses bzip2 compression when creating a tar file, resulting in a compressed archive with the ‘.tar.bz2’ extension.
-W	Verifies the integrity of an archive file, ensuring its contents are not corrupted.
-r	Updates or adds files or directories to an already existing archive without recreating the entire archive.

1. Creating an uncompressed tar Archive using option - cvf

This command creates a tar file called file.tar which is the Archive of all .c files in the current directory. 

tar cvf file.tar *.c

• ‘-c’: Creates a new archive.

• ‘-v’: Displays verbose output, showing the progress of the archiving process.

• ‘-f’: Specifies the filename of the archive

This command creates a tar file called file.tar which is the Archive of all .c files in the current directory. 

tar cvf file.tar *.c

• ‘-c’: Creates a new archive.

• ‘-v’: Displays verbose output, showing the progress of the archiving process.

• ‘-f’: Specifies the filename of the archive

This command creates a tar file called file.tar.gz which is the Archive of .c files.  

tar cvzf file.tar.gz *.c