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 == Create an archive ==
-To tar up a folder
+To tar up a folder.  Using * will not include .hidden files.  If you want to include all file including .hidden files, use . like in the example below.
-  tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/*
+  tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/.
 These options mean

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	*.tgz - dos use to only allow three char extensions, so this is tar and gziped.		*.tgz - dos use to only allow three char extensions, so this is tar and gziped.
	*.tar.gz - modern extension for tar and gzip compressed.		*.tar.gz - modern extension for tar and gzip compressed.
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		+	== Extract an archive ==
		+	To extract an arcive
		+	tar -zxvf ./file.tgz
		+
		+	These options mean
		+	z - decompres using gzip
		+	x - Extract to disk from the archive
		+	v - Verbose output, show all the files while extracting.
		+	f - file

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 Tar commands
+== Create an archive ==
 To tar up a folder
   tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/*

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	To tar up a folder		To tar up a folder
	tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/*		tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/*
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		+	These options mean
		+	c - create a new archive
		+	z - use gzip to compress the archive
		+	f - file
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		+	When using tar, these are the extensions.
		+	*.tar - just archived no compression
		+	*.tgz - dos use to only allow three char extensions, so this is tar and gziped.
		+	*.tar.gz - modern extension for tar and gzip compressed.

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		+	To tar up a folder
		+	tar -czf ./destination.tgz ./source/*