How to easily update a tar file from the Linux file manager
Instead of re-creating your tar archives when you need to add files, why not simply append those files?- Community submission by Editor (9to6linux) on
Instead of re-creating your tar archives when you need to add files, why not simply append those files? Jack Wallen shows you how from the command line and a GUI file manager on Linux.
If you're a Linux admin, there's a good chance you make use of tar to create backups of data or simply make files from directories so you can easily store or share them with others.
But how many times have you created a tar file, only to turn around and add a new file to the source directory? What do you then do?