tar -cvzpf backup.tar --exclude=vendor --exclude="logs/" --exclude="tmp/" /var/www/your/project/
-c … create Archive
-v …and show me
-z …compress that
-p …take over all permissions
-f …to folder
Unpacking
tar -xzf archiv.tar.gz -C /home/verzeichnis1/archiv_verzeichnis
-x ...extract archive
-z ...that compressed
-f ...to folder