The TAR, or Tape Archive, file format was developed to simplify the process of storing and distributing multiple Unix operating system files. TAR files are uncompressed archives with the ".tar" file ...

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The Disks app takes over some more challenging commands, such as fsck, mount, parted, chown, and dd. This app is a handy GUI that also prevents you from having to edit the fstab configuration file ...

sudo tar -czf "backup.tar.gz" --absolute-names --warning='no-file-removed' --warning='no-file-changed' --warning='no-file-ignored' --exclude="/REDACTED/backup.tar.gz ...