TIMTOWTDI

A simple way is the command line code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
my $destination = "Archive_filename_to_be_created";
my $source      = "/home/users/billyjo/stuff_to_backup/";
my $cmd         = `tar -cpf $destination $source`;
####### The line above uses the backtick operation, not single quotes!
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As far as using the Archive::Tar module, (RTFM) :-)

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