EXAMPLES
Create a new archive on /dev/rfloppy/c4t4d0 and copy file1 and file2
onto it, using the default blocking factor of 20. The key is made up
of one function letter (c) and two function modifiers (v, and f):
tar cvf /dev/rfloppy/c4t4d0 file1 file2
Archive files from /usr/include and /etc:
tar cv -C /usr/include -C /etc
Use tar in a pipeline to copy the entire file system hierarchy under
fromdir to todir:
cd fromdir; tar cf - . | (cd todir; tar xf -)
Archive all files and directories in directory my_project in the
current directory in a file called my_project.TAR also in the current
directory:
tar -cvf my_project.TAR my_project
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