Tar up specific files or folders:
tar -cvf <destination.tar> files
Tar up all files and folders (full stop implies all):
tar -cvf <destination.tar> .
Once tar'ed up - gzip them:
gzip <destination.tar>
UnTar Files and Folders (be very careful - you dont know where files will untar to!!):
tar -xvf file.tar
List files in a TAR (only works with uncompressed tar's)
tar -tf file.tar
Uncompress a SINGLE file
tar -x exact/file/as/listed_in_tar_file -f file.tar <nowiki>//</nowiki>should replicate to path as was archived. tar -x exact/file/as/listed_in_tar_file -f file.tar -O > file_out.txt
Further Information at: http://www.sgr.nada.kth.se/delfi/docs/konto/unix-utrymme.html.en