Aby skompresować cały katalog:
tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name
-z : Compress archive using gzip program in Linux or Unix
-c : Create archive on Linux
-v : Verbose i.e display progress while creating archive
-f : Archive File name
Aby rozpakować:
tar -zxvf prog-1-jan-2005.tar.gz
-x: Extract files from given archive