I wrote a short script to backup critical files to a second HDD. However, some of the tar files created would have been quite large. I got the errors shown below and the tar files were only 1.99 GB in ...

This is stupid but I have no choice, what I have is single folder with 6 subdirs full of files. What I need to do create a tar file and slap this tar file into an RPM so when the RPM runs it takes the ...

ChromeOS is now more powerful for managing files, with new support for archive formats like 7z, iso, and tar — with more on the way. Last July, we were first to report that Google was working on a new ...

You probably know that you can quickly create a compressed file archive in Finder by selecting the files to be compressed, Control-clicking, and selecting Compress number Items from the contextual ...

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar ...

Android smartphones and tablets don't naturally support ZIP, RAR, or TAR formats. Luckily, there are several workarounds and apps that can help with this issue enabling you to read files in these ...

The only thing that’s really hard about extracting from archives on Unix systems is remembering all of the commands and the required options. When you have ten or more possible archive types and could ...

Linux 101: How to compress a folder from the command line with tar Your email has been sent At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the ...