What is the difference between .ar and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .ar
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- The GNU Project
- Description
- AR is a Unix archive file that is purposely used to develop and update static library files for creating .deb packages. Currently, its been replaced by .tar archive file for everything except static libraries.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/x-archive
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .ar on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia