what is tar command and what are the different types of tar
commands?
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Answer / madhu
tar is an utility used for archiving files .
tar cvf archive_name file1 file2...
for extracting a tar file
tar xvf archive_name
Regards,
Madhu
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Answer / suitable
tar command is used to create an archiving.
the syntex is:
tar cvf archive_name file1 file2 ...
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Answer / pitambar mishra
tar command is used for create archiving so that data transfer
will de easier.
1. Create a tar archive :
tar -cvf tarfilename.tar path_of_file
2. Extract a tar archive :
tar -xvf tarfilename.tar
3. See the contents of a tar archive :
tar -tvf tarfilename.tar
4. Add a new file to an existing tar archive :
tar -rf tarfilename.tar newfile
5. Remove a file from an existing tar archive :
tar --delete -file=tarfilename.tar file_to_remove
6. Tar and zip at same time :
tar -cvzf
7. Tar and unzip at same time :
tar -xvzf
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