How to use GZIP in recursive subdirectory
 

Hi to all:

i want to compress multiple files and directories to only one file? is it possible to use gzip only?

if not can you give me your suggestion guys :)

thanks.

No, that's what an archiver is for, like tar. You want to archive it using tar, and then compress it using gzip.

thanks for your reply, can you teach me the procedure on how to compress and extract files and directories?

You need to read the man pages. Do and think about it. Or google for tar directions. Some self initiative doesn't hurt anybody.

The generic command would be:
tar -c(maybe also vfz, vfj) name.tar.(bz or gz) /path/to/whatever

Peace,
JimBass

Thanks i will just read the syntax in "man tar"