Take a bunch of files and folders, glue them into one big byte stream, preserving permissions, owners, and directory structure.
tar -cf - myfolder/ | gzip > myfolder.tar.gz gzipped tarball
: The JMLR (Journal of Machine Learning Research) uses gzipped tarballs to manage the submission and distribution of papers, BibTeX files, and supplementary proofs for conference proceedings. Technical Definition Take a bunch of files and folders, glue
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: This research on the x86-TSO Memory Model provides its HOL theorem prover sources as a gzipped tarball for researchers to download and verify. gzipped tarball