The standard archival program for Unix-like operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X is Tar, so called because Tar was originally used to store backups on tape drives (Tape ARchive).

Instead of re-creating your tar archives when you need to add files, why not simply append those files? Jack Wallen shows you how from the command line and a GUI file manager on Linux.

How to extract a tar.gz archive on Ubuntu using the GUI You don't need a lot of technical knowledge to open a tar.gz file on Ubuntu. The operating system has native support for opening and ...

How to Extract Tar Files in Terminal. Tar is a common file format for archives in Linux- and Unix-based operating systems. These types of files are typically used to back up files and directories ...