unzip gz file as a directory

Question

I am new to Linux and had gzip the folder as abc.gz. now when I try using the gunzip command the file doesn't come as a folder, instead, the output file has become abc. could someone let me know the command to unzip the abc.gz as a folder?

Any help will be appreciated!

Answer 1

The gunzip functions as a decompression algorithm only, so gunzip would simply leave with the file decompressed, which you would then need. The z option of tar is simply a shortcut to do the decompression with gzip along with extracting the files.