5) Compressing and uncompressing a folder in Bioslax/Linux environment

To compress a folder in Bioslax/Linux environment:

a) Navigate to the folder using Bioslax Konsole

b) Type the following command:

tar -zcf ____.tar.gz ______

where the first line represents the name of the tar file that you want to name as, and second line represents the folder that you want to compress.


To uncompress a folder in Bioslax/Linux environment:

a) Navigate to the directory you want to uncompress in.

b) Type the following command:

tar -zxf ____.tar.gz

where the first line represents the name of the tar file that you have name it as.