How to create a codegroup-19981025.tar.gz wget http://www.fourmilab.ch/codegroup/codegroup.zip mkdir codegroup-19981025 mv codegroup.zip codegroup-19981025 cd codegroup-19981025 unzip codegroup.zip rm codegroup.zip rm codegrp.exe # no need for MS windoze binary cd .. tar -czf codegroup-19981025.tar.gz codegroup-19981025