https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1008351 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/creating-tar-archive#comment-1043075 <p>-f actually specifies the filename of the tar archive <img src="http://www.webmaster-forums.com/ubb/wink.gif" alt="" class="bb-image" /><br /> tar -cvf filename.tar files.to.be.included and.dirs.too/<br /> would create a tar archive with the name of filename.tar that includes both the file 'files.to.be.included' and the directory 'and.dirs.too/' along with any subdirectories of that and any files in it.</p> Sun, 19 Dec 1999 12:30:00 +0000 roBofh comment 1043075 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/creating-tar-archive#comment-1043074 <p>hi Randall!</p> <p>Just include the full path to the filename, like:</p> <p>tar -cvf /home/randall/mytar.tar mydir</p> <p>btw. the flags you most use:</p> <p>-v verbose, print detailled output<br /> -f follow, also adds subdirs<br /> -z zip, gzip the tar when done</p> Sun, 19 Dec 1999 04:07:00 +0000 comment 1043074 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net