What is the difference between .tar.bz and .tgz?
- Extension
- .tar.bz
- .tgz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- bzip2
- GNU
- Description
- This is a compressed archive in the TAR container with the help of the BZIP tool. It was created for use in Unix systems. The TAR container combines several files into one archive that’s placed in a TBZ compressed file. They’re used as installation packets in the installers of some operating systems.
- Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
- MIME Type
- application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tgz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.bz on Wikipedia
- .tgz on Wikipedia