Linux Compressing/Uncompressing Exercises

1. What is the IP address for the ce machine?

2. There is a directory in the Cyber/Unix directory called TarDir. You need to make a tar file that contains that directory and all the files and directories in it.
A) What tar command did you use?
B) What is the size in bytes of the tar archive file?
C) What does the file command say the type of this file is?

3. The tar archive file you just created it too big! You need to make it smaller.
A) What is the UNIX command string that you used?
B) What is the size in bytes of the compressed file?
C) What does the file command say the type of this file is?

4. You want to mail this file to someone you love, so you need to make an ASCII representation of it.
A) What is the UNIX command string that you used?
B) What is the size in bytes of the encoded file?
C) What does the file command say the type of this file is?

5. Use the UNIX mail program mailx to send this encoded file to me in a separate email message.

1)
What is the IP address for the ce machine?
Answer:
The IP address of the “ce” host is 129.63.119.197....

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