Re: gzip means tar.gz?

Hi all,

On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 at 07:50, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:

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> > On 6 Nov 2017, at 18:13, toshiaki koike <koike@voyager.co.jp> wrote:
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> > 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..



Gzip is often used for transmission compression of individual files. Tar
would only be needed if you also wanted to create a package format.

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>
> Ivan
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> > 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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Regards,
Dave