Part $1$

Identify $3$ files in a single directory. These can be files that you already created for Linux Assignment $7$ or some other assignment. The specific files don't matter.

Create a tarball from these $3$ files. Give the tarball a name: you can use $701$a$8.$tar or some other name. Issue a ls $-$l command, and note the size of the tarball.

Compress this tarball with gzip. Issue a ls $-$l command to see how the size of the file has changed.

Create a subdirectory called gzip. Copy your gzipped tarball into the gzip directory.

Change to the gzip directory, then uncompress the file with gunzip and extract its contents with tar.

Part $2$

Return to the directory where you started $($cd $..),$ then uncompress the tarball from Part $1$ with gunzip.

Repeat steps $3,4,$ and $5$ from Part $1,$ except use the bzip$2$ and bunzip$2$ commands, and create a directory named bzip$2.$

As you work, note the size of the file after compressing it with bzip$2.$ How does it compare to the size of the file created by gzip?

Part $3$

Return to the directory where you started $($cd $..),$ then uncompress the tarball from Part $1$ with bunzip$2.$

Repeat steps $3,4,$ and $5$ from Part $1,$ except use the compress and uncompress commands, and create a directory named compress.

As you work, note the size of the file after compressing it with compress. How does it compare to the size of the files created by gzip and bzip$2?$