What is the difference between .xz and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .xz
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Tukaani
- Tukaani
- Description
- Commonly used for Linux software distribution, XZ files are archive files compressed with XZ compression algorithm. It may hold one or more compressed 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-xz
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz