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The below command will create a tar archive file whatevername_yougive.tar for a directory /path/of/directory/to/archive in current working directory.
See the example below.
tar cvf whatevername_yougive.tar /path/of/directory/to/archive
The options detail are explained as below
c – Creates a new .tar archive file.
v – Verbosely show the .tar file progress.
f – File name type of the archive file.
Similarly to create tar.gz file
tar cvzf whatevername_yougive.tar.gz /path/of/directory/to/archive
To untar or uncompress a tar file check here