How to archieve a file/directory?

vwal_13 · 04-20-2004, 05:35 AM

how can i achieve a file/directory from shell or X Window ? (and another question : will Windows see this achieve ? because i want to copy the achieve(s) on floppy and then see them under windows)

Ninja Cow · 04-20-2004, 05:46 AM

zip files.zip files/

And Windows will see it, yes.

vwal_13 · 04-20-2004, 05:58 AM

Let's say that i have a directory named Linux ;it has 3 MB and i want to archive it (obtain one or more 1.4 MB archives so i can copy them on floppy disk);

how to do that ? (a! and i want to see these files under windows then!)

if i type

zip Linux.zip Linux

i obtain a zip archive with one folder (Linux) and which contains no file ! (0 files stored !)

Ninja Cow · 04-20-2004, 07:57 AM

Ah, I apologize!

It is...

zip -r files.zip files/

I forgot to add the -r. By the way, why don't you create a FAT32 partition to move files from Linux and Windows? It eleminates the need for a floppy.

vwal_13 · 04-20-2004, 08:10 AM

HE said that my machine will have installed only Linux OS.

i succeed in archiving the directory...the problem is how to make 1.4 MB archives...(because i still want/need to use floppy )

Ninja Cow · 04-20-2004, 08:16 AM

As root:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

Then cp files.zip /mnt/floppy

Although I'm not sure how 3 MB of data is going to fit onto a floppy. Maybe split it up? Someone else might know of a better way.

portux · 04-20-2004, 06:05 PM

maybe tar ??

$man tar

carboncopy · 04-20-2004, 09:07 PM

You can use 7zip to untar (gz/bz2/rar) in windows.

vwal_13 · 04-21-2004, 01:33 AM

My question is: how can i create 1.4MB archives ? (so i can copy them on floppy?)

gnashley · 04-21-2004, 03:19 AM

Search around for something called zip splitter

vwal_13 · 04-21-2004, 03:23 AM

In zip command , do u know how could i give the length of the archive ?

J.W. · 04-21-2004, 06:04 PM

Dude - after you zip the file, just do a regular ls -l command. It will show you the file size. -- J.W.

Cerbere · 04-22-2004, 06:02 AM

The most important command you'll ever learn is 'man'. It gives you information about how to use almost every other command.

Try typing in 'man zip' and reading what it says about zipsplit.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere