What is the difference between .tar.z and .gz?
- Extension
- .tar.z
- .gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- The GNU Project
- Description
- A TAR.Z file is a Unix TAR archive compressed with a standard Unix compression algorithm to save disk space. It contains one or more compressed files. The file is commonly used on Unix operating systems to archive groups of files.
- This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-tarz
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.z on Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia