Tag Archives: extraction

This post is intended to be a quick reference for the switches to extract and create tar archives. Archive creation: tar cvf filname.tar /files/to/include tar cvzf filename.tar.gz /files/to/include tar cvjf filename.tar.bz2 /files/to/include tar cvJf filename.tar.xz /file/to/include Archive extraction: tar xvf filename.tar tar xvzf filename.tar.gz tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2 tar xvJf filename.tar.xz