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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

by Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson
September 2002
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
216 pages
7h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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File Compression and Storage

The following tools will compress, decompress, and archive files.

compress

A tool that compresses files to free up space (use gzip instead).

cpio

A utility that copies archives in or out.

gnutar

The GNU version of tar; available only if you have installed the Developer Tools package.

gunzip

A tool that uncompresses a file that was compressed with gzip.

gzcat

A utility that displays contents of compressed files.

gzip

A tool that compresses a file with Lempel-Ziv encoding.

tar

A tape archive tool. GNU tar has more features and fewer limitations.

uncompress

A utility that expands compressed (.Z) files.

zcat

A tool that displays contents of compressed files.

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