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--- haas:spring2014:unix:projects:archive_handling [2014/01/26 20:25] – [Procedure] wedge
+++ haas:spring2014:unix:projects:archive_handling [2014/02/04 19:36] (current) – wedge
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   - Arrange the remaining content by the following criteria:
     * name the files smallest, small, big, biggest, and tack on the appropriate extension
-    * the smallest file will be whichever file represents the smallest/lightest of the four things... similarly as appropriate with small, big, and biggest (the largest/heaviest of the four things)
+    * the smallest file will be whichever file represents the smallest/lightest of the four things (not file size but contextual content of what the file is describing)... similarly as appropriate with small, big, and biggest (the largest/heaviest of the four things)
   - Create a new archive, called **myarchive.tar** containing only these size-themed files.
-  - Compress **myarchive.tar** on second highest compression to create the appropriately named **myarchive.tar.gz**
+    * do NOT store any paths in the archive, just put the files at base level
+  - Compress **myarchive.tar** on second highest (on the best, not fastest end of the spectrum) compression level in gzip to create the appropriately named **myarchive.tar.gz**
+    * also use the **-n** argument to aid in the verification step below
   - Submit **myarchive.tar.gz** using the submit tool.
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