This document will help you learn how to use the web-based archive/compression utility. The Archive Gateway is a tool to compress, archive, unarchive and uncompress files in your web hosting account from an easy to use Control Panel web based interface.

The Archive Gateway works with these file types:

To uncompress a UNIX compressed file (.Z) or uncompress a GNU gzipped file (.gz) perform these steps.

1. Run the Archive Gateway from your BSI Control Panel.
2. Go to the "Uncompress/Unarchive a File" form.
3. Type in the name of the file to uncompress in the Input File field .
   (e.g. You have a file named test.tar.gz in your "/" directory on your website You would then type in "/test.tar.gz" for the input filename)
4. Leave the "/" in the Output Directory field.
5. Press Extract/Uncompress.
6. The output from the operation will be displayed.
7. The input file has been decompressed. (So the file in the example above test.tar.gz would be replaced by test.tar)

To unarchive Zipped file (.zip) or unarchive a UNIX tar file (.tar) perform these steps.

1. Run the Archive Gateway from your BSI Control Panel.
2. Go to the Uncompress/Unarchive a File form.
3. Type in the name of the file to unarchive in the Input File field.
4. Type in the name of directory where you want the file unarchived into in the Output Directory field.
5. Press Extract/Uncompress.
6. The output from the operation will be displayed.
7. The Output Directory will contain the files from the archive.

To archive a directory into a Zipped file (Zip) or into a UNIX tar file (Tar) perform these steps.

1. Run the Archive Gateway from your BSI Control Panel.
2. Go to the Archive a Directory form.
3. Type in the name of the directory to archive in the Input Directory field.
4. Type in the name of archive file where you want the file archived into in the Output File field.
5. Press Archive.
6. The output from the operation will be displayed.
7. A archive will be created named whatever you put in the Output File field.

To compress a UNIX compressed file (.Z) or uncompress a GNU gzipped file follow these steps:

1. Run the Archive Gateway from your BSI Control Panel.
2. Go to the Compress a File form.
3. Type in the name of the file to uncompress in the Input File field.
4. Select the Compression Type.
5. Press Compress.
6. The output from the operation will be displayed.