Using Archives on Linux
Using Archives on Linux USING ARCHIVES ON LINUX Archives like tar,gzip,bzip2,rar,zip pack in a number of files in a single archive and further compresses them using various algorithms thus making the files occupy much less space as compared to original files. Linux provides a number of options for compressing the file , in the article we look at various options available under Linux and using them describing the command line tools and graphical front-ends like Ark and File-roller. gzip (GNU Zip) gzip can be used for compressing a single file , it is not meant for compressing entire directories as other file formats do . The default extension used bu gzip archives is ( .gz ) . gzip filename.ext This would create a file name filename.gz and replace the existing filename.ext file with filename.ext.gz file which is compressed gzip archive , the gzip command retains the files attributes the modification,time stamp, access etc. The compression level of the file can be varied by using opti...