What is the difference between .rz and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .rz
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Andrew Tridgell
- The GNU Project
- Description
- It's an archive file compressed using rzip which is based on bzip2 compression that compresses data in 2 stages that is: file encoding and compression.
- 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-rzip
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .rz on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia