Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - STEP BY STEP GUIDE Manual page 55

Chapter 3. Managing Files and Directories
The above command compresses
/usr/work/school/
.
filename.gz
Tip
For more information, enter
and
gzip gunzip
3.4.2.3. Zip and Unzip
To compress a file with
zip -r filename.zip filesdir
In this example,
filename.zip
directory you want to put in the new zip file. The
contained in the
filesdir
To extract the contents of a
unzip filename.zip
You can use to compress multiple files and directories at the same time by listing them with a
zip
space between each one:
zip -r filename.zip file1 file2 file3 /usr/work/school
The above command compresses
/usr/work/school/
.
filename.zip
Tip
For more information, enter
and .
unzip
3.4.3. Archiving Files at the Shell Prompt
A file is a collection of several files and/or directories in one file. This is a good way to create
tar
backups and archives.
Some of 's options include:
tar
— create a new archive
• -c
— when used with the
•
-f
when used with the
— show the list of files in the
• -t
file1
directory (assuming this directory exists) and places them in a file named
man gzip
.
, enter the following command:
zip
represents the file you are creating and
directory recursively.
file, enter the following command:
zip
file1
directory (assuming this directory exists) and places them in a file named
and
man zip
option, use the filename specified for the creation of the
-c
option, unarchive the specified file
-x
file
tar
, ,
file2 file3
and at a shell prompt to read the man pages for
man gunzip
option specifies that you want to include all files
-r
, ,
file2 file3
at a shell prompt to read the man pages for
man unzip
, and the contents of the
represents the
filesdir
, and the contents of the
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zip
file;
tar