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Old 07-02-2008
diff between TAR+zip+FTP and TAR+FTP
Huloo,
whats diff between TAR+zip+FTP and TAR+FTP,can't we simpply FTP a file without Zipping it?
TAR is simply for Archiving ,then why do we need to Zip it?

Smilie
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Old 07-02-2008
tar = archiver
zip = compressor
ftp = transfer protocol

tar you use to put files and/or directories together to 1 archive file.
zip is one compression tool, to reduze the size of files.
ftp is a commonly used transfer protocol to bring files from A to B, unencrypted.

So it is up to you to just tar the stuff and ftp it without compressing. Who says you need zip? It is up to you, try it out.
 
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