DESCRIPTION Option styles The following command, written in the traditional style, instructs tar to store all files from the directory /etc into the archivefile etc.tar verbosely listing the files being archived:
tar cfv a.tar /etc The above command has a mistake. Instead you should say : The following command, written in the traditional style, instructs tar to store all files from the directory /etc into the archive file etc.tar verbosely listing the files being archived: tar cfv etc.tar /etc Doumas Georgios