Re: gzip means tar.gz?

> On 6 Nov 2017, at 18:13, toshiaki koike <koike@voyager.co.jp> wrote:
> 
> Hi, all.
> 
> I'd like to confirm with one of today's topics.
> 
> > ZIP vs. gzip
> 
> Does "gzip" means "tar.gz" ( tar + gzip)?

Strictly speaking, no. Gzip is a compression program, and tar is separated. But yes, I the context of the conversation during the discussion, tar.gz was really meant..

Ivan


> 
> I recognize just a gzip cannot compress sub-directories recursive.
> 
> Then use tar + gzip ($ tar -zcvf compressFileName.tar.gz folderToCompress).
> 
> 
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/93139/can-i-zip-an-entire-folder-using-gzip
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