How to tar gzip a folder

Need to quickly tar and gzip an entire folder? Try the command below!

tar -cvzpf filename.tar.gz /path/to/folder

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2 Responses to “How to tar gzip a folder”

1. Temp says:

   February 4, 2010 at 10:18 am

   Thanks!
   But how to ungzip now?
2. Temp says:

   February 4, 2010 at 10:25 am

   O! I got it!

   To ungzip:
   tar -xvzpf filename.tar.gz