example usage of zip and tar archiving tools

archives.sh

# crossplatform, poor compression, fast
zip -r archive_name.zip path/to/compress

# extract zip in current directory
unzip archive_name.zip


# compress with tar, poor compression, very fast
tar cvf archive_name.tar path/to/compress

# extract tar to /path/to/extract
tar xvf archive_name.tar -C /path/to/extract


# compress with gzip, good compression, fair speed
tar zcvf archive_name.tar.gz path/to/compress

# extract gzip to /path/to/extract
tar zxvf archive_name.tar.gz -C /path/to/extract


# compress with bzip2, best compression, slowest
tar jcvf archive_name.tar.bz2 path/to/compress

# extract bzip2 to /path/to/extract
tar jxvf archive_name.tar.bz2 -C /path/to/extract