+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Create an archive on the default tape drive, containing the files named
+.Pa bonvole
+and
+.Pa sekve :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ tar c bonvole sekve
+.Pp
+Output a
+.Xr gzip 1
+compressed archive containing the files
+.Pa bonvole
+and
+.Pa sekve
+to a file called
+.Pa foriru.tar.gz :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ tar zcf foriru.tar.gz bonvole sekve
+.Pp
+Verbosely create an archive, called
+.Pa backup.tar.gz ,
+of all files matching the shell
+.Xr glob 3
+function
+.Pa *.c :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ tar zcvf backup.tar.gz *.c
+.Pp
+Verbosely list, but do not extract, all files ending in
+.Pa .jpeg
+from a compressed archive named
+.Pa backup.tar.gz .
+Note that the glob pattern has been quoted to avoid expansion by the shell:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ tar tvzf backup.tar.gz '*.jpeg'
+.Pp
+For more detailed examples, see
+.Xr pax 1 .
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS