What is the difference between .tar.7z and .tar.lzma?
- Extension
- .tar.7z
- .tar.lzma
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Igor Pavlov
- 7-Zip
- Description
- 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.
- "Tarball" (.TAR file) compressed with .LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain Algorithm) compression, and thus uses the compound file extension ".tar.lzma;" often used for distributing linux software packages.
- MIME Type
- application/x-7z-compressed
- application/x-lzma-compressed-tar
- Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia
- .tar.lzma on Wikipedia