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237How do I make a 'tar' archive of a series of files?
The commands described below need to be entered while logged in to the Unix server. Normally you'll see a prompt ending with $ when the command interpreter (or shell) is ready for another command.
Basically you type
tar cvf tarfile file1 file2 file3 file4 etc
- c in cvf means 'Create new tar volume';
- v in cvf means 'be Verbose'; that is 'tell me what's happening';
- f in cvf means 'name of tar volume file follows';
- tarfile is the name of the tar volume file the files are to go in;
- file1 through file4 etc are the files (you can specify a directory if you wish; the entire directory would be tar'd to the tar volume).
For example:
tar cvf project.tar synopsis.doc mainbody.doc conclusion.doc
(the files synopsis.doc, mainbody.doc and conclusion.doc are copied to a new tar file called project.tar)
For more information, enter the command:
info tar
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