tar create tar.gz code example

Example 1: create tar gz file from directory

tar -czf tarball.tar.gz my_directory/

Example 2: untar tar.gz

tar -xzf file.tar.gz

Example 3: tar.gz files

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

Example 5: create gz in ubuntu

gzip -9  yourName_db.sql