This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== TAR File Management ====== In all these examples we gunzip the outputting tar file to reduce the file size === Create Tar containing a folder === <sxh bash>tar -zcvf file-name.tar.gz source-folder</sxh> === Create Tar containing a folder (preserving permissions) === <sxh bash>tar -pcvzf file-name.tar.gz source-folder</sxh> === Extract Tar === <sxh bash>tar zxfv file-name.tar.gz</sxh>