Use tar to archive the contents of your home directory in linux

I am trying to archive the contents of my home directory using tar and then compress the tar file with gzip. I know you can uncompress and unarchive the .tar.gz file using cat, tar and gzip. But , I don’t know how to compress and archive.

Answer

Hey there here is a link for your question. a full guide

https://www.howtogeek.com/248780/how-to-compress-and-extract-files-using-the-tar-command-on-linux/

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file

Here’s what those switches actually mean:

-c: Create an archive.
-z: Compress the archive with gzip.
-v: Display progress in the terminal while creating the archive, also known as “verbose” mode. The v is always optional in these commands, but it’s helpful.
-f: Allows you to specify the filename of the archive.