====== Tar ======

**General Information**

Tar archiving utility. 

**Checklist**
  * Distro(s): Any

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====== Tar Options ======

Options
  * -c => create new archive
  * -t => list contents of archive
  * -x => extract files from archive
  * -z => compress or decompress in gzip (depending upon if -x or -c was also passed)
  * -v => display files as they are processed
  * -j => use bzip2
  * -r => append/add file to the end of the existing archive
  * -u => update a file in an existing archive if the source is newer
  * -f => archive filename
  * --selinux => include selinux contexts

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====== Tar Examples ======

Archive and compress (using gzip) the /var/log directory
<code bash>
tar -cvzf logs.tar.gz /var/log
</code>

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List contents of archive
<code bash>
tar -tf logs.tar.gz
</code>

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Decompress and unpack at the same time to current directory
<code bash>
tar -zxvf logs.tar.gz
</code>

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Decompress and unpack at the same time to a different existing directory
<code bash>
tar -zxvf logs.tar.gz -C /home/rjones/data/
</code>

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Add a new file to an existing archive
<code bash>
tar -rvf logs.tar newlog.log
</code>

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