Project 7: Creating and Extracting Compressed Files
Since I have been talking about file storage, it seems only fitting to wrap things up in this chapter by teaching you how to create and extract compressed files. In the Windows world, these are generally referred to as Zip files, while in the Linux world, tarball is the operative name. The Linux name, in case you're wondering, comes from the application that is used to create the archive for such files, Tar. Compressed archives are great for two reasons: They let you bundle a load of files together into one handy package, and they also squeeze all the files down so that they take up less space on your hard disk. If you've ever tried to email a bunch of files to someone, you know how useful this ...
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