What is the difference between .tar.xz and .tar.lzma?
- Extension
- .tar.xz
- .tar.lzma
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Tukaani
- 7-Zip
- Description
- 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.
- "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-xz-compressed-tar
- application/x-lzma-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia
- .tar.lzma on Wikipedia