What is the difference between .tar.z and .xz?
- Extension
- .tar.z
- .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.
- Commonly used for Linux software distribution, XZ files are archive files compressed with XZ compression algorithm. It may hold one or more compressed files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-tarz
- application/x-xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.z on Wikipedia
- .xz on Wikipedia