Editing Tar (computing) (section)

=== Command syntax ===
 tar [-options] <name of the tar archive> [files or directories which to add into archive]
Basic options:
* <code>-c, --create</code> — create a new archive;
* <code>-a, --auto-compress</code>  — additionally compress the archive with a compressor which will be automatically determined by the file name extension of the archive. If the archive's name ends with {{code|*.tar.gz}} then use [[gzip]], if {{code|*.tar.xz}} then use [[XZ Utils|xz]], {{code|*.tar.zst}} for [[Zstandard]] etc.;
* <code>-r, --append</code> — append files to the end of an archive;
* <code>-x, --extract, --get</code> — extract files from an archive;
* <code>-f, --file</code> — specify the archive's name;
* <code>-t, --list</code> — show a list of files and folders in the archive;
* <code>-v, --verbose</code> — show a list of processed files.