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diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1 index ddf4fdc..d4fa206 100644 --- a/doc/tar.1 +++ b/doc/tar.1 @@ -1288,6 +1288,37 @@ a compression option (e.g. \fB\-z\fR) was used and the external compressor program failed. Another example is .B rmt failure during backup to a remote device. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Create an archive from files: +.IP +\fBtar cf\fR \fItarget.tar file1 file2 file3\fR +.PP +Create a gzipped archive: +.IP +\fBtar czf\fR \fItarget.tar.gz file1 file2 file3\fR +.PP +Extract an archive in a target folder: +.IP +\fBtar xf\fR \fIsource.tar\fR \fB-C\fR \fIfolder\fR +.PP +Extract a gzipped archive in the current directory: +.IP +\fBtar xzf\fR \fIsource.tar.gz\fR +.PP +Extract a bzipped archive in the current directory: +.IP +\fBtar xjf\fR \fIsource.tar.bz2\fR +.PP +Create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the +compression program: +.IP +\fBtar caf\fR \fItarget.tar.xz file1 file2 file3\fR +.PP +List the contents of a tar file: +.IP +\fBtar tvf\fR \fIsource.tar\fR +.PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR bzip2 (1), .BR compress (1), -- 2.7.4
