Syntax for tar command.
Syntax for tar.
tar samples
Disclaimer: Apply to a TEST environment first. Use on production systems is at DBAs own risk.
1)
tar cvf tar_support *2006-07-31_*
- This will tar all files within the current directory, where their name includes string 2006-07-31_ into a tar file named tar_support
2)
tar cvf tar_file25 http
- This will tar all files in directory http into a file named tar_file25
3)
tar -xvf hpx32_8174_release_patchset.tar
- This will extract ( untar ) the content of the tar file hpx32_8174_release_patchset.tar
into the current directory.