tar

Create and extract archives with compression support and explicit path control.

Quick Start

1. Verify tar is available: tar --version or man tar
2. Establish the command surface: man tar or tar --help
3. Start with list-only operation: tar -tf archive.tar.gz

Intent Router

Load only the reference file needed for the active request.

• references/install-and-setup.md — Installing tar (GNU, BSD) on macOS, Linux, Windows
• references/cheatsheet.md — Common operations, compression flags, extraction patterns
• references/advanced-usage.md — GNU vs BSD differences, compression formats, symlink handling
• references/troubleshooting.md — Path traversal, extraction failures, encoding issues