- metadata: - tags: #sysadmin #PKM/howto # add to archive (-r) `tar -rf archive.tar new_appended_file.md ` # list archive (-t) `tar -tf archive.tar ` # absolute paths on create (-P) `tar -cPf archive.tar /etc/openstack/file.md ` thus, to add/append absolute path file to archive `tar -rPf archive.tar /home/piers/file_to_add.md `