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* The best-known tool for archiving files in the Linux community is <tt>tar</tt>. Here is [[a tutorial on 'tar']]. | * The best-known tool for archiving files in the Linux community is <tt>tar</tt>. Here is [[a tutorial on 'tar']]. | ||
* A replacement for <tt>tar</tt> called <tt>dar</tt> offers some advantages in functionality. Here is [[a tutorial on 'dar']]. Both <tt>tar</tt> and <tt>dar</tt> can compress files as well as archive. | * A replacement for <tt>tar</tt> called <tt>dar</tt> offers some advantages in functionality. Here is [[Dar|a tutorial on 'dar']]. Both <tt>tar</tt> and <tt>dar</tt> can compress files as well as archive. | ||
* The <tt>zip</tt> utility, more commonly used in the Windows community but available on our | * The <tt>zip</tt> utility, more commonly used in the Windows community but available on our clusters, also provides both archiving and compression. | ||
* Compression tools <tt>gzip, bzip2</tt> and <tt>xz</tt> can be used in conjunction with <tt>tar</tt>, or by themselves. | * Compression tools <tt>gzip, bzip2</tt> and <tt>xz</tt> can be used in conjunction with <tt>tar</tt>, or by themselves. | ||