By the way, gzip generally have lower compression rations than rar and 7z (albeit it de/compresses much faster), and it can only compress single files - generally tarballs when …

Jul 12, 2010 · I want to create some tar.gz (and possibly tar.bz2) files, using the tar command on Ubuntu 10.04. I want to password protect the file. What is the command to do this (I have …

Jan 2, 2013 · And 42.zip, besides not being gzip, requires recursive decompression, which is not a fair comparison. The compression ratio of the first layer is still within normal parameters.

Between xz, gzip, and bzip2, which compression algorithm gives the smallest file size and fastest speed when compressing fairly large tarballs?

Mar 29, 2011 · You'll want to use tar, like so: tar -czvf file.tar.gz cvd*.txt tar puts the files together, while gzip then performs the compression. Quoth the gzip manpage: If you wish to create a …

Oct 30, 2010 · I've known gzip for years, recently I saw bzip being used at work. Are they basically equivalent, or are there significant pros and cons to one of them over the other?

The way i understand the use of tar + gzip is that tar is normally used to consolidate a grouping of files into a single file, then gzip is used to compress that file. I recently learned that tar ...

Apr 12, 2011 · Given a gzip compressed file, how do I know what compression level (1-9) was used for it?

Apr 15, 2015 · As of August 2012, the MIME type recommended in RFC 6713 is application/gzip. According to the IANA registry, tar is not an official media type, so a GZipped tar file is officially …

May 15, 2018 · Rename the file to sample.file.gz and rerun gunzip on the new file. unknown suffix -- ignored Is telling you that it does not understand the .file suffix so it is ignoring the file. As …