On Wednesday 22,August,2012 10:15 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > gz: tar zcf > bzip2: tar jcf > xz: tar Jcf > So the most efficient one is the .tar.xz one? > > On 22/08/12 16:07, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> PPS: For my needs "tar czf" aka ".tar.gz" is the best way to go. More >> compression doesn't lead to smaller files, but it takes much more time. >> >> > >