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).

One of the most common programs on Linux systems for packaging files is the venerable tar. tar is short for tape archive, and originally, it would archive your files to a tape device. Now, you're more ...

At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the command line. Jack Wallen shows you how.

Importing a previously exported .tar file If you've used the export feature to backup one of your WSL Linux distributions, then there's a good chance you might also want to use it at some point.