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Zip/Tar file compressed to larger size?
What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?Is there a command to list the compressed file sizes for files within a .zip file?Why can't tar extract .zip files?Unpack file compressed in .txz and .tar with one commandBash script to get the result from rsync transfer and zip it as a directory in the original directorytar extract into directory with same base name?why would you tar a zip fileWhy does `zip` in a for loop work when the file exists, but not when it doesn't?rsync-like updating of archive filetar: Potential bug (?) when incremental archive selected - Deleting files in the targetzip command show warnings “name not matched” about symlinks, outside of my working directory, pointing to non-existing target
I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
As you can see in total they size 32K.
After
I am creating the zip using the command bellow:
zip -r myfiles.zip *
The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
What I've done wrong?
ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.
tar zip compression
edited 2 hours ago
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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
As you can see in total they size 32K.
After
I am creating the zip using the command bellow:
zip -r myfiles.zip *
The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
What I've done wrong?
ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.
tar zip compression
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
asked 4 hours ago
ThemelisThemelis
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A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed withls- what you want to use to check before isdu- ie,du -sh *
– ivanivan
4 hours ago
1
Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
– Themelis
4 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
– Fabby
3 hours ago
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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
As you can see in total they size 32K.
After
I am creating the zip using the command bellow:
zip -r myfiles.zip *
The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
What I've done wrong?
ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.
tar zip compression
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.9k1483142
asked 4 hours ago
ThemelisThemelis
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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
As you can see in total they size 32K.
After
I am creating the zip using the command bellow:
zip -r myfiles.zip *
The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!
drwxr-xr-x 7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test
What I've done wrong?
ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.
tar zip compression
tar zip compression
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asked 4 hours ago
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1
A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed withls- what you want to use to check before isdu- ie,du -sh *
– ivanivan
4 hours ago
1
Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
– Themelis
4 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
– Fabby
3 hours ago
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1
A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed withls- what you want to use to check before isdu- ie,du -sh *
– ivanivan
4 hours ago
1
Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
– Themelis
4 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
– Fabby
3 hours ago
1
1
A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with
ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *– ivanivan
4 hours ago
A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with
ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *– ivanivan
4 hours ago
1
1
Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
– Themelis
4 hours ago
Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
– Themelis
4 hours ago
1
1
Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
– Fabby
3 hours ago
Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
– Fabby
3 hours ago
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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.
A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.
A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.
A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.
A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.
A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
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A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with
ls- what you want to use to check before isdu- ie,du -sh *– ivanivan
4 hours ago
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Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?
– Themelis
4 hours ago
1
Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?
– Fabby
3 hours ago