Compressing Directory:
tar -zcvf archive-name.tar.gz directory-name
Add date:
tar -zcvf filename_$(date +%y%m%d).tar.gz directory-name
Decompressing File:
tar -zxvf archive-name.tar.gz
Note: I always do -v as I would like to see what’s happening and it looks cool. \@_@/
