What is the difference between .gz and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .gz
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Tukaani
- 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.
- 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-compressed
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.gz
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia