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Compression & Archiving

The document provides an overview of file compression and archiving in Linux, detailing the benefits of storing and compressing files for backup and transfer. It explains the use of tools like BZIP2, GZIP, and TAR for compressing and archiving files, including commands for creating, listing, and extracting archives. Additionally, it clarifies the difference between compressed files and archive files, emphasizing that while archive files are not compressed, they can contain compressed files.

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Compression & Archiving

The document provides an overview of file compression and archiving in Linux, detailing the benefits of storing and compressing files for backup and transfer. It explains the use of tools like BZIP2, GZIP, and TAR for compressing and archiving files, including commands for creating, listing, and extracting archives. Additionally, it clarifies the difference between compressed files and archive files, emphasizing that while archive files are not compressed, they can contain compressed files.

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GETTING STARTED

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COMPRESSION & ARCHIVING
LINUX & SCRIPTING
Mr. RAM

 FILE COMPRESSION & ARCHIVING:


 It is useful to store a group of files in one file for easy backup, for transfer to
another directory, or for transfer to another computer.
 It is also useful to compress large files; compressed files take up less disk
space and download faster via the Internet.

COMPRESSED FILE:
 A compressed file is a collection of files and directories that are stored in
one file and stored in a way that uses less disk space than all the individual
files and directories combined.
 Red Hat provides the following tools for compression.

NOTE: Create one large file and apply the tools.

BZIP2:
 To compress a file using bzipb2. The file will be saved as
filename.bz2.
$bzip2 filename
$ls -l filename.bz2
 To uncompress a compressed file:
$bunzip2 filename.bz2
 You can bzip2 multiple files and directories at the same time by
listing them with a space between each one:
$bzip2 filename.bz2 file1 file2 file3 dir1
$ls -l filename.bz2
LINUX & SCRIPTING
Mr. RAM

GZIP:
 To compress a file using gzip. The file will be saved as [Link].
$gzip filename
$ls -l [Link]
 To uncompress a compressed file:
$gunzip [Link]
 To gzip multiple files and directories at the same time by listing them
with a space between each one:
$gzip [Link] file1 file2 file3 dir1
 To compress a file with zip:
$zip [Link] filename
 To uncompress a compressed file:
$unzip [Link]
 To zip multiple files and directories at the same time by listing them
with a space between each one:
$zip -r [Link] file1 file2 file3 dir1
$ls -l [Link]

 ARCHIVING FILES:
 An archive file is a collection of files and directories stored in one file.
 The archive file is not compressed - it uses the same amount of disk space as
all the individual files and directories combined.
NOTE: An archive file is not compressed, but a compressed file can be an
archive file.
TAR (TAPE ARCHIVE):
 A TAR file is a collection of several files and directories in one file.
 This is good way to create backups and archives.
LINUX & SCRIPTING
Mr. RAM

SYNTAX: $tar [options] [archive-file] [file / directories to be archived]


-c : create a new archive.
-f : File names.
-t : show the list of files in the tar file.
-v : show the progress of the files being archived.
-r : Append files to the end of an archive
-x : extract files from an archive.
-z : compress the tar file with gzip.
-j : compress the tar file with bzip2.
 To create a tar file:
$tar -cvf [Link] file1 file2 dir1 dir2
$ls -l [Link]
 To list the contents of a tar file:
$tar -tvf [Link]
 Appending a file to [Link] file:
$tar -rvf [Link] filename
 To extract the contents of a tar file:
$tar -xvf [Link]
 To extract files in specific location:
$tar -xvf [Link] -C /opt $ls /opt
 To create a tarred and bzipped compressed file, use the -j option:
$tar -cjvf [Link].bzip2 file1 file2 dir1 dir2
 To create a tarred and gunzipped compressed file, use the -z option:
$tar -czvf [Link] file1 file2 dir1 dir2
$ls -l backup*

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