What is the difference between .gz and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .gz
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Igor Pavlov
- 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.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-compressed
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Sample
- sample.gz
- Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia