* gzip & gunzip ( *.gz )
* bzip2 & bunzip2 ( *.bz2 )
* zip & unzip ( *.zip )
gzip : The compress program
-d Uncompressing a “gzipped” file ( gunzip <==> gzip -d )
-r Recursive compression
tar : The archival program
For creating a disk archive that contains a grp of file or an entire dir structure.
tar option
-c Create an archive
-x Extract file from archive
-t Diaplay files in archive
-f arch Specify the archive arch
Creating an archive ( -c )
$ tar -cvf archive.tar file1 file2 ( c – create, v – diaplay list , f – specify the name )
Extracting an archive ( -x )
$ tar -xvf archive.tar
Viewing the archive ( -t )
$ tar -tvf archive.tar
zip & unzip : Compressing and archiving together
$ zip archive.zip file1 file2 file3
$ unzip archive.zip
-r ecursive compression
-v viewing the archive
