What is the difference between .tar.7z and .xz?
- Extension
- .tar.7z
- .xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Igor Pavlov
- Tukaani
- 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.
- Commonly used for Linux software distribution, XZ files are archive files compressed with XZ compression algorithm. It may hold one or more compressed files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-7z-compressed
- application/x-xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia
- .xz on Wikipedia