This code snippet shows how to compress a whole directory or folder using tarcommand.
Code snippet
tar -zcvf archive-file-name.tar.gz your-folder/
Use man tar to find out the details of the options of the above commands.
- -z - compress it using the z (gzip) algorithm
- -c - (create) an archive from the files in directory
- -v - (verbosely) list all the files it adds to the archive
- -f - store the output as archive-file-name.tar.gz
To unzip it, using the command below:
tar -zxvf archive-file-name.tar.gz
References
Can I zip an entire folder using gzip? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange