Server Files

• Moving things as one big file has much better throughput than many small files
  • Imagine sending someone a care package. You could send them individual items or one big box. The one big box is much easier to manage.
• tar packs and unpacks tarball files
  • Pack (create): tar -czf <archive name> <file(s)>
  • Unpack (extract): tar -xfv <archive name>
• scp stands for “secure copy” and is a combination of ssh and cp