haas:spring2014:unix:projects:archive_handling
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| * the smallest file will be whichever file represents the smallest/ | * the smallest file will be whichever file represents the smallest/ | ||
| - Create a new archive, called **myarchive.tar** containing only these size-themed files. | - Create a new archive, called **myarchive.tar** containing only these size-themed files. | ||
| + | * 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** | - 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. | - Submit **myarchive.tar.gz** using the submit tool. | ||
| =====Reflection===== | =====Reflection===== | ||
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| You should get some sort of confirmation indicating successful submission if all went according to plan. If not, check for typos and or locational mismatches. | You should get some sort of confirmation indicating successful submission if all went according to plan. If not, check for typos and or locational mismatches. | ||
| - | =====Verify===== | ||
| - | A quick way to check and see if you did everything right is to compute the MD5sum hash of the archive and see if it matches mine: | ||
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| - | <cli> | ||
| - | lab46:~$ md5sum myarchive.tar.gz | ||
| - | 4e6a2c50caa7cca33aef85103431ba76 | ||
| - | lab46: | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | That is MY md5sum of the archive, in accordance with the project requirements. If your archive' | ||
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