title: GZip an entire directory
body: <p>i used the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>gzip -9 -c -r &lt;some_directory&gt; &gt; directory.gz
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>how do i decompress this directory ? </p>
  
  <p>I have tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>gunzip directory.gz  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i am just left with a single file and not a directory structure.</p>