diff --git a/dotfiles/.zshrc_aliases b/dotfiles/.zshrc_aliases
index 8551122..4c984d9 100644
--- a/dotfiles/.zshrc_aliases
+++ b/dotfiles/.zshrc_aliases
@@ -269,3 +269,41 @@ function dcsto() {
     local dockerID=`docker ps -l -q`
     docker stop $dockerID > /dev/null
 }
+
+function extract {
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: extract <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
+    else
+	if [ -f $1 ] ; then
+	    case $1 in
+		*.tar.bz2)   tar xvjf ../$1    ;;
+		*.tar.gz)    tar xvzf ../$1    ;;
+		*.tar.xz)    tar xvJf ../$1    ;;
+		*.lzma)      unlzma ../$1      ;;
+		*.bz2)       bunzip2 ../$1     ;;
+		*.rar)       unrar x -ad ../$1 ;;
+		*.gz)        gunzip ../$1      ;;
+		*.tar)       tar xvf ../$1     ;;
+		*.tbz2)      tar xvjf ../$1    ;;
+		*.tgz)       tar xvzf ../$1    ;;
+		*.zip)       unzip ../$1       ;;
+		*.Z)         uncompress ../$1  ;;
+		*.7z)        7z x ../$1        ;;
+		*.xz)        unxz ../$1        ;;
+		*.exe)       cabextract ../$1  ;;
+		*)           echo "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;;
+	    esac
+	else
+	    echo "$1 - file does not exist"
+	fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function maketar() { 
+    tar cvzf "${1%%/}.tar.gz"  "${1%%/}/"
+}
+
+function makezip() {
+    zip -r "${1%%/}.zip" "$1"
+}
+