Archiving

Question 1

When archiving what is good practice?

Answer 1

Archiving files within a single folder, no archiving files in the same directory
Extracting archive in a designated folder, incase archived files are not contained in a folder

Question 2

What is the linux command to zip a file?

Answer 2

zip -r filename.zip filetobezipped

must specify -r to recurse folder hierarchy/structure on folders, tar does automatically
unzip filetobeunzipped

Question 3

What is the linux command to archive (concatenate) files/folders?

Answer 3

tar -c -f filename.tar files/folderstobearchived

• c create -f must be called last
• z gzip file -j bzip2 file -J xz file
• x extract

Question 4

What is the linux command to gzip a file/folder?

Answer 4

gzip filetobegzipped
*cannot archive multiple
gunzip filetobegunzipped

Question 5

What is the linux command to bzip2 a file/folder?

Answer 5

bzip2 filetobebzipped
*cannot archive multiple
bunzip2 filetobebunzipped

Question 6

What is an alternative file extension to .tar.gz?

Answer 6

.tgz

Question 7

What is an alternative file extension to .tar.bz2?

Answer 7

.tbz

Question 8

What is the command to xz a file?

Answer 8

xz filetobezipped
*cannot archive multiple
unxz filetobeunzipped