What is the difference between .tar.lz and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .tar.lz
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Lzip
- Tukaani
- Description
- "Tarball" (.TAR file) compressed with Lzip, a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain) algorithm, and therefore uses the compound file extension ".tar.lz;" often used for distributing linux software packages.
- 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-lzip-compressed-tar
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.lz on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia