I havent done this for a long time and have forgotten how .. how do i tar and untar a file? and also move it to another directory.

type 'tar --help'

to tar:
tar -cvf archive_name.tar director_or_file_to_be_tarred

to untar:
tar -xvf archive_name.tar

cheers,
:beer:

I always thought that the next step after tar should be feather. :)

"How do I tar and feather a directory full of files?"

-t