| Command |
Description |
Examples |
| compress |
The
compress utility will attempt to reduce the size of the named files. |
-v,
-f
$ compress -vf file
file: compression 37% -- replaced with file.Z
|
| jar |
Combines
backup and compress into one tool. |
c,t,x,
f, v
$ jar cvf bundle.jar *
adding 0.au
adding 1.au
adding 2.au
adding 3.au
$ |
| tar |
The tar command archives and extracts files to and from a single file called a
tarfile. |
c,t,x,
f, v
$ tar cvf backup.tar /home/user2/*
|
| uncompress |
The
uncompress utility will return a previously compressed file back to
its original size |
-v
$ uncompress -vf file.Z
|