zip folder
 

I usually zip a folder having subdirectories int he following way:

tar czvf folder.tar.gz folder

How can I zip a folder so that the result is of type .gz

Is there a way to zip folders so that they can be unzipped under windows?

can the folder folder.tar.gz be unzipped under windows?

Ultimatezip is one GPL software that you can use in windows to unzip tgz files

You will have to unzip the file twice anyway.

Any to zip a file and create a gz extension you have to tar the file first
and go for
gzip filename

Thats same as 'tar zcvf'

Why dont you just zip the folder using
zip -r folder
command.
It will be compatible both in linux and in windows[can be unzipped using winzip]

Cheers
Z