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Old 04-11-2006, 07:45 AM   #1
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to compress a file or folder

hai,

I need to compress (zip) the files or folder
in both Linux & win2k(dos), pl tell me the command with Example

Thanks in advance
 
Old 04-11-2006, 08:28 AM   #2
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Use the command zip. "zip zipfile src tmp" will create the file "zipfile.zip" with contents of dirs src and tmp.
This zip file can be read on WinXP machines without any additional software.
 
  


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