What is the difference between .tar.z and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .tar.z
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Tukaani
- 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.
- 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-tarz
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.z on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia