What is the difference between .ar and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .ar
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Tukaani
- 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 Currently, its been replaced by .tar archive file for everything except static libraries.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-archive
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .ar on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia