What is the difference between .tar.z and .tar.bz?
- Extension
- .tar.z
- .tar.bz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- bzip2
- 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 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.
- MIME Type
- application/x-tarz
- application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
- Wikipedia
- .tar.z on Wikipedia
- .tar.bz on Wikipedia