Linux - Backup using tar command

Tar is one of the most common utility in linux to archive files and directories. Tar- Tape Archive

Syntax:

#tar   [options]

operations: create,update,append etc
options:
-C --directory,
-f  --file,
-j  --bzip2,
-v  --verbose,
-z  --gzip

#tar -cvf home.tar /home

For extract :

#tar -xvf home.tar

#tar -cjvf  /home home_bzip2.tar
(Compression using bzip2 is more compressive form than normal)

#tar -czvf /home home_gzip.tar
( Compression using bzip2 is more compressive form than bzip2)

To check the size of tar in human readable form:
#ls -lh *.tar

For more info type "man tar"