Linux provides a number of ways to control who has access to your files and what kind of access they have. Keeping your files private from anyone but those with superuser (root) access is easy on ...

Linux 101: How to compress a folder from the command line with tar Your email has been sent At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the ...

I want users to go on my website chooses pictures that they like, and compress and dowlnload. However, I want to create a .zip(or other compress) file that can be understandable on Linux and ...

There are quite a few interesting things that you can do with "zip" commands other than compress and uncompress files. Here are some other zip options and how they can help. Some of us have been ...

So I want to compress some ripped DVDs in Linux. Alright, I can just hear (read?) the moral comments right now. Just FYI, these are not videos to be shared on a campus network or Kazaa/Gnutella. I ...