One of the most common programs on Linux systems for packaging files is the venerable tar. tar is short for tape archive, and originally, it would archive your files to a tape device. Now, you're more ...

Instead of re-creating your tar archives when you need to add files, why not simply append those files? Jack Wallen shows you how from the command line and a GUI file manager on Linux. If you’re a ...

A core part of the philosophy of Unix-like operating systems is for tools to be specialised – each tool should do one job and do it well. That means we need a way to chain programs together to achieve ...

I used tar many times and know the syntax. I want to make .tar file and than zip the file.<BR>I run this commad as ROOT:<BR>tar -cvf backup.tar stats/<BR>stats/<BR ...