Linux from the command line -- All about Linux file archiving with tar

Linux from the command line -- All about Linux file archiving with tar

The tar command is the primary archive command in Linux (and UNIX). It's powerful, versatile, and all things considered, not that hard to use.
Think of it as WinZip on steroids.

Originally tar was created to manage backing up everything from single files to entire file-systems onto backup tapes on big UNIX systems. That's how tar got it's name, from Tape ARchiver. These days tar is a jack of all trades when it comes to archiving and compressing files. You can easily backup multiple directories or whole file-systems with all of their file attributes intact. You can choose from multiple compression methods, or no compression which is great for non or poorly compressible files like PDF's.
Basically tar is a core Linux skill.
https://linuxtechlab.com/tar-command-compress-decompress-files/