Making a tarball and adding a mysqldump to it then naming it as example.tar:
shell> tar cvf example.tar dump.sql
Making a tarball and adding all files in the current directory then naming it as example.tar:
shell> tar cvf example.tar *
Compressing the tarball by zipping it (.gz):
shell> gzip example.tar
Restoring a tarball gzip file example.tar.gz
shell> gunzip example.tar.gz
shell> tar xvf example.tar
; "Mostly Harmless")
; "Dragonball Evolution Movie")
; "Life the Universe and Everything")
; "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe")
; "the-ultimate-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.jpg")
; "Angels And Demons")
; "StarCraft: Brood War")
; "Eagle Eye")
; "Linksys Compact Wireless G USB")
; "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things")
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