Originally Posted By: wfaulk
gzipping a tar file that contains only other gzipped files is going to gain you very little beyond using up some CPU time.
You'll probably actually lose a miniscule amount of hard drive space due to the overhead of the zipping program, but you will have a cleaner-looking directory tree.

To some of us OCD types, that is worthwhile. smile

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