What is the difference between .gz and .tar?
- Extension
- .gz
- .tar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Other
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Description
- This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- MIME Type
- application/x-compressed
- application/x-tar
- Sample
- sample.gz
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia