What is the difference between .tar and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .tar
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Other
- Compressed
- Developer
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Tukaani
- 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.
- 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-tar
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia