How to gzip all files in all sub-directories into one compressed file in bash

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gzipping up a set of directories and creating a tar compressed file

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@amitchhajer 's post works for GNU tar. If someone finds this post and needs it to work on a NON GNU system, they can do this:

tar cvf - folderToCompress | gzip > compressFileName

To expand the archive:

zcat compressFileName | tar xvf -