Packing Instruction tar
tar [-z|-j|-J] [-c|-t|-x] -v [-f new_filename] filename. -c Create a new archive containing the specified items. -t List archive contents to stdout. The long option form is --list. -x Extract to disk from the archive. -f file , --file file Read the archive from or write the archive to the specified file. -J , --xz (c mode only) Compress the resulting archive with xz(1). -j , --bzip, --bzip2, --bunzip2 (c mode only) Compress the resulting archive with bzip2(1). -z , --gunzip, --gzip (c mode only) Compress the resulting archive with gzip(1). -k , --keep-old-files ...