If i want to unzip a tar.gz the command is tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz


What i want to do is opposite
How to create a .tar.gz which will take all folders and subfolders of the current folder
I need the telnet command for it.

I want to this bcos i have to do server to server transfer of a huge website.

Please respond asap

With regargs
Manish Kapadia

tar cfzp /destination-dir/some.tar.gz /source-dir

' tar -czf tarname.tgz dirname '

Thank you guys
It worked , thanks a lot once again

Manish Kapadia