What is the difference between .tgz and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .tgz
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- GNU
- The GNU Project
- Description
- Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/x-compressed
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tgz
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tgz on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia