Tar

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tar is a command to pack files into an archive of the tar format. You can also use it to extract tar archive files.

pack an archive

To create an archive target.tar consisting of the folder /home, use:

tar cvf target.tar /home

unpack an archive

To unpack an archive file, use

tar xvf target.tar