The compression and decompression of files is one the most useful inventions in the history of computing, but the lack of portable and open tools poses a major obstacle to making the process as useful ...

The tar command on Linux is used to create and extract TAR archive files. Run "tar -czvf archive-name.tar.gz /path/to/file” in the Terminal to compress a file or folder. To extract an archive to the ...

In the '80s and early '90s, compression was king. As you struggled to connect to a BBS (bulletin board system) with the latest Amiga utilities on, you dreamed of when things would be faster and not ...

If you have any doubt about the many commands and options available on Linux systems for file compression, you might want to take a look at the output of the apropos compress command. Chances are ...

The new feature enables enterprises and storage-hosting providers to transfer files over networks with far greater speed, throughput, and less time than before. SMB is a ubiquitously used protocol for ...

I want users to go on my website chooses pictures that they like, and compress and dowlnload. However, I want to create a .zip(or other compress) file that can be understandable on Linux and ...

On Windows VMs, you'd typically run defrag and Precompact (from precompact.iso), then use VS/VPC to compress the VHD while the VM is offline.<BR><BR>I have a Linux VM with a VHD of ~3GB but df reports ...