Archiving is the process of fetching multiple files from the same or different locations and putting them into a single file bundle. It is generally done together with compression, or immediately followed by compression. This helps in streamlining the backup process, as discussed in the following section.
Managing archives and compressed files
Compression
File data is generally compressed to save the disk space and reduce traffic, as well as the time to transmit files over a network. Linux has multiple utilities for compression; some of them are listed in the table that follows:
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Command |
Description |
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gzip |
Most popular Linux compression utility |
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gunzip |
Utility to decompress gzip compressed files |
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bzip2 |
Another... |
