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# Deflate / Compress
$ tar -czf archive.tar.gz /path/files

# Inflate / Uncompress
$ tar -xzf archive.tar.gz

# Extract file to a defined directory
$ tar -xzf archive.tar.gz -C /target/directory

# Append a file to an existing archive
$ tar -zu archive.tar.gz -C /target/file