tar all files in folder code example

Example 1: tar all files and subdirectories

tar -zcvf my.tar.gz path-of-directory/

Example 2: tar exclude directory

$ tar --exclude='./folder' --exclude='./upload/folder2' -zcvf /backup/filename.tgz .

Example 3: command to compress folder linux

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

Example 4: tar archive all files in directory

cd ..
tar czf workspace.tar.gz workspace