In this how-to, we’ll look at the zip command, a useful utility that enables us to specify lists of files, set a level of data compression and create compressed archives. Whilst you become accustomed ...

Tar is a common file format for archives in Linux- and Unix-based operating systems. These types of files are typically used to back up files and directories or to transfer files and programs over a ...

The Finder's abilities to copy files is usually adequate, but sometimes when managing large data transfers it can introduce some burdensome quirks. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has ...

Is there an terminal command that will copy a directory and the directories within it, but leave any files behind? So that i get an empty directory?<BR><BR>I was thinking of ditto plus some sort of ...