how to use gz

How to zip uncompressed files:

1. go into the folder which you want to compress

2. tar cvf filename.tar *

3. compress filename.tar //you will get filename.tar.Z.

//step3 also can be like this: gzip filename.tar,you

//will get filename.tar.gz

How to Upzip compressed files:

1. copy the filename.tar.gz file somewhere you can create files and directories

2. gunzip filename.tar.gz

3. tar -xvf filename

//well to compress step2 and step3 into one step:

//tar zxvf filename.tar.gz

//If you want to unzip filename.tar.Z,

//step2 should be like this: uncompress filename.tar.Z

this should be enough to solve your yesterday's problem