Previously, we noted how you could use a utility such as OpenUp to decompress the pax.gz file in an Installer document, thus allowing you to see everything that gets installed before you actually ...

OK, I've got about 30 .tar.gz files that I'd like to decompress into a directory. What's a good way to decompress all these files without doing 'tar xzvf file1.tar.gz && tar xzvf file2.tar.gz' etc.? I ...

The place I work for does some logs in a program that makes Gzip files but it seems some of the archives got corrupted. Our linux guy is out and we don't have anyone who knows linux well enough or a ...

The TAR, or Tape Archive, file format was developed to simplify the process of storing and distributing multiple Unix operating system files. TAR files are uncompressed archives with the ".tar" file ...

Can you help me understand the different file compression formats? It seems like there are a ton out there (zip, gzip, bzip1, tar, rar, 7z, etc.), but what are the differences between them, and which ...

Looking for a free CAB file extractor software for Windows 11/10? Here is a list of the best free CAB file extractor software that you can use on your Windows 11/10. A CAB (Windows Cabinet File) is an ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most people are probably pretty familiar with creating, sending or receiving Zip files. Zip takes ...