What is the difference between .tar and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .tar
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Other
- Compressed
- Developer
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Igor Pavlov
- Description
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-tar
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia