linux question

[Roger.E.Eller at sealedair.com]

Klaus,

The most common compression method(s) I have seen have been a 2-step 
method. First the files are compressed into a TAR file, then compressed 
even more using GZIP. The file extensions are typically something.tar.gz 
or  something.tgz when the 2-step method is used.

Roger Eller
roger.e.eller at sealedair.com


> Hi list,
> 
> can anyone tell me, what "compression"-format can be handled by Linux?
> 
> SIT/Stuffit probably not -)
> 
> ZIP?
> 
> Or good ol' built-in GZ?
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance...
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> www.major-k.de