+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Receive the path of a chunk of trace, compress it to a temporary directory
+# and delete the chunk.
+
+TRACE_PATH="$1"
+TRACE_NAME="$(basename "$TRACE_PATH")"
+OUT_PATH="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+cd "$TRACE_PATH/.."
+
+tar czf ${OUT_PATH}/${TRACE_NAME}.tar.gz $TRACE_NAME
+echo "New trace chunk archive compressed to ${OUT_PATH}/${TRACE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+rm -rf "$TRACE_PATH"