Re: [PLUG] newbie

[Art Alexion <arthur@alexion.com>]

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LeRoy Cressy wrote:

> You asked some basic questions in your message and I will attempt to 
> answer them.
>
> rpm    RedHat Package manager
>     This is used on distributions that use the RedHat
>     packagement system.

This is a package that installs a program while updating a database 
showing what programs are install, where and some other things about 
them.  Not just for ease of installation, but great for info on what is 
installed and a way to uninstall.

> tar    Tape Archive
>     tar goes way back to the ancient times when computer
>     systems filled up a room.  Tar is an uncompressed
>     archive that is used on all UNIX type systems.
>
> gz    Gzip
>     This is one of the file compression utilities that
>     is used in Linux.
>     gzip compresses a file
>     gunzip uncompresses a file


A Unix/Linux file ending in tar.gz is like a zip file in DOS/Windows or 
a SIT file on a Mac.  Linux uses Tar to combine the files with out 
compression, and gzip to compress a single file without combining.  Both 
are used together to make a compressed archive of files.


> The basic premise is that each utility should do only one thing and do 
> it well.  Thus when you run tar with the -z option you are forking to 
> gzip for the compression.
>
> Linux also has support for pkzip archives with the use of zip and unzip.




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