What is the difference between .tar.lzma and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .tar.lzma
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- 7-Zip
- The GNU Project
- Description
- "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.
- 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-lzma-compressed-tar
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.lzma on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia