If you are in the same directory as where your files / folders are placed, then you dont have to specify the file location. i.e. /usr/home/bleh/bleh
This is how to make a .tar.gz from a Folder

tar czf /path/to/output/folder/filename.tar.gz /path/to/folder

i.e if you are in /path/to/output/ and you want to put the file in /path/to/output/ you can use the following command.

tar czf filename.tar.gz folder

This is how to extract a .tar.gz file

gunzip -c /path/to/folder/filename.tar.gz

or like i do…

tar -zxvf /path/to/folder/filename.tar.gz

i.e if you are in /path/to/folder/ You can do the following…

tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz

View a list of all files in a .tar.gz archive

gunzip -c /path/to/folder/filename.tar.gz | tar -tvf -

i.e if you are in /path/to/folder/ You can do the following…

gunzip -c filename.tar.gz | tar -tvf -

Extract a single file from a .tar.gz file

gunzip -c /path/to/folder/filename.tar.gz | tar -xvf - path/within/archive/filename.php

i.e if you are in /path/to/folder/ You can do the following…

gunzip -c filename.tar.gz | tar -xvf - path/within/archive/filename.php

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