how to tar a file code example

Example 1: how to tar a file

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Example 2: how to tar linux

tar -zcvf file.tar.gz /path/to/dir/

Example 3: how to tar

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Example 4: how to make a tarball in linux

tar -cvzf name.tar /path/to/directory