Department of Computer Science
Problem Solving and Algorithm Design I
Spring Semester 2010
Dr. Maury Eggen
A Note on the tar archive utility
You recall that we discussed in class that this homework must use the
tar archive utility in its submission. To use the tar archive utility,
you must:
- 1. create a folder whose name identifies you
- 2. put everything you wish me to see in this folder
- 3. move out of the folder, one level above
- 4. issue a tar command similar to the following:
tar cvzf [archive to create] [stuff to archive]
Your tar archive must also identify you. For example, if meggen were
creating a handin archive, he would first create a folder named meggen.
He would then put everything necessary into this folder. Then, one level
above meggen, he would issue the tar command:
tar cvzf meggen.tgz meggen
This command creates the tar archive meggen.tgz, which he would then
email to his professor.
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