>Now I know this is basic but ...as you may realize from my questions, I am
>at the basic level in this stuff
>
>man tar isn't too revealing, as is all or most man pages, which are
>sometimes cryptic, provides little or no examples, is outdated.. but it's
>FREE!
Man is great.
Obviously you didn't see the "z" option, i.e., gzip/gunzip.
tar cvzf tarball.tgz filename... dirname... ...
Simplist thing is the Unix world :-)
But you are right, it will take a few years to get used to man and how it is
laid out and how to read them. They are reference guides, not tutorials.
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