how to zip files

[Andrew U.K.]

Hi,

How do I zip a file so I can add it to a forum post?
I´ve done it once and can´t for the life of me work it out again. I did it in the terminal with a simple command.

Cheers
Andrew

[OutOfReach]

You can right click on the file and press 'Create Archive'.
You can also do it from the terminal, I just forget the commands.

[p221072]

Hi, you can use gzip command to compress and gunzip to exctract.
Type man gzip to read all the options.
You can also use the tar command to create [/exctract] an archive, using the -z option to compress the archive

[dualpretop]

Good program - PeaZip!

http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...dd8a715c706d20

Download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/downl...use_mirror=dfn

[Mornedhel]

Better program - 7zip ('cause it's in the repositories, and integrates with file-roller).

If you're overwhelmed by the complexity of tar+gzip, you can also use zip to produce the .zip archives common in the Windows world.

[myidbe]

You can also use the zip (and unzip) commands.

Example:

malcolm@espresso:~/Desktop$ zip zipfile.zip file_i_want_to_zip.txt

[WRDN]

Creation

To create a tar containing "files":

tar cf file.tar files

To create a tar with Gzip compression:

tar czf file.tar.gz files

To create a tar with Bzip2 compression:

tar cjf file.tar.bz2 files

Extraction

To extract files from tar:

tar xf file.tar

To extract files from tar using Gzip:

tar xzf file.tar.gz

To extract files from tar using Bzip2:

tar xjf file.tar.bz2

For a tar, "f" is used, for Gzip "zf" is used, and for Bzip2 "jf" is used. Place a "c" before each of those to use the compression, and an "x" to extract from the compressed file(s).

[HousieMousie2]

WRDN,

Nicely done, covered a lot of bases, thanks. This page is now bookmarked!

[pudgypaw]

as an aside, if you want to zip the file and all the subdirectories under it, use [-r]:

$ zip -r destination.zip cowfile/

[Mat11]

Creation

To create a tar containing "files":

tar cf file.tar files

To create a tar with Gzip compression:

tar czf file.tar.gz files

To create a tar with Bzip2 compression:

tar cjf file.tar.bz2 files

Extraction

To extract files from tar:

tar xf file.tar

To extract files from tar using Gzip:

tar xzf file.tar.gz

To extract files from tar using Bzip2:


My terminal just went crazy adding in laptop twice command line which i didn't type in in the first place where did the tar xflattop come from i have not entered that at all ??????
The only entry i made was the tar xvjf ...bz2 i feel i have no control over my terminal at the moment got any idea ????
thanks

laptop:~$ tar xflaptop:~$ tar xvjf naev-0.4.2.tar.bz2
tar: You may not specify more than one `-Acdtrux' option
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
matt@matt-laptop:~$ tar: naev-0.4.2.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
No command 'tar:' found, did you mean:
Command 'tar' from package 'tar' (main)
Command 'tart' from package 'tart' (universe)
tar:: command not found
matt@matt-laptop:~$ tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
No command 'tar:' found, did you mean:
Command 'tar' from package 'tar' (main)
Command 'tart' from package 'tart' (universe)
tar:: command not found
matt@matt-laptop:~$ tar: Child returned status 2
No command 'tar:' found, did you mean:
Command 'tar' from package 'tar' (main)
Command 'tart' from package 'tart' (universe)
tar:: command not found

tar xjf file.tar.bz2

For a tar, "f" is used, for Gzip "zf" is used, and for Bzip2 "jf" is used. Place a "c" before each of those to use the compression, and an "x" to extract from the compressed file(s).

tar xjf file.tar.bz2

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