Archiving with tarOccasionally, you'll want to take a bunch of files and make them into one file, such as when you're archiving information, for example. You might think of it as tossing a bunch of toys into a toy boxthat is, taking a bunch of related things and storing them all in one place. Using tar (which came from "tape archive"), you can take a bunch of files and store them as a single, uncompressed file (see Code Listing 13.5). You'll use tar files not only to store information, but also to create a single source for compressing and gzipping files, which are discussed later in this chapter. Code Listing 13.5. Tarring files binds them all together into a single file.
To Archive a Directory with tar:
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