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Which is more efficient - tar or zip compression? What is the difference between tar and zip?
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I'm working in Linux environment and want to know about tar and zip commands. Which is more efficient - tar or zip? I also need to know the differences between the tar and zip commands. Can anyone explain them to me?
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only makes a single file out of multiple files, it doesn't do compression unless combined a compression program such as or (which you can call from within by using the or options, respectively). combines both the archiving and compression in one program.
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