title: Compress files and directories
body: <p>I need to compress certain files and a directory. Suppose they're placed in /root/project.
  The thing is that i need to compress them in a gzip-tarball format with certain name (name.tar.gz) and in the "root" directory, i mean, that as soon as i opened the .tar.gz all the files and directories i want to compress are there.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried using the following commands:</p>
  
  <pre><code>tar czfv name.tar.gz /root/project
  tar czfv name.tar.gz /root/project/*
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but then the whole substructure gets compress (i mean, when i open the .tar.gz i have to navigate through the directories root/project.. which i dont, i need that the files were as soon as i opened in "/" i suppose)</p>
  
  <p>I hope i've explained myself... excuse me for my bad english and thanks in advance!</p>