Select File -> Save and name your new Service (Package into Tar or whatever you want). Quit Automator, select some files in Finder, then Control-click (or right-click) and select your new service ...

2. Create a .tar file. Using test_directory as a target we’ll make a standard uncompressed .tar archive. This kind of archive is useful to group small files, such as logs into a single archive.

tar tvf foo.tar.gz Those are the main Tar options, but the program has many more, such as A or --concatenate to add files to an existing archive instead of creating a new one.

Whether you're running Linux on a desktop or a server, backups are essential to keeping your data safe and accessible. These command-line tools work well for both environments.

The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar file, maybe — and include a shell script that you have to tell the user to run after unpacking. That may be obvious, but it assumes a ...

I know how to make a .tar.gz, but it's not a tar (found this out when I tried to tar -xzf one of the files). My first question is how do I directly create a .gz?