# compress/tgz-create Create a tar.gz archive from a directory tree. Equivalent to gzip-compressing a tar archive. Returns the compressed bytes. ## Syntax
[compress/tgz-create $dir-path]
## Parameters - `$dir-path` — Path to the directory to archive ## Examples
[compress/tgz-create "./src"]
set bytes [compress/tgz-create "./project"]
## Returns String of tar.gz bytes, or `%Err{ message "..." }` if tar creation or gzip compression fails. ## See Also `compress/tgz-extract`, `compress/tar-create`, `compress/gzip`