[dundee] Creating compressed archives?

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:20:01 +0000, chris wyllie wrote:

> Hiya, this is something I've never been able to fathom. I know it
> must be possible, but how's it done? All my attempts to create a
> compressed archive end with a reduction by about 0.8Mb instead of
> anything significant.
> 
> What tools/formats are most practical?

tar + gzip or bzip2

(bzip2 gives generally better compression than gzip but is slower)

> Thanks,
>   chris