tgz - makes a gzip'd tar archive
syntax $ tgz [ destination [ source ... ] ]
$ tar -cvzf <name of tarball>.tgz /path/to/source/folder $ tar -cvzf <name of tarball>.tgz /path/to/source_file $ tar -cvzf file.tgz /home/ilugc/Documents/file.pdf
regards, T.Dhanasekar