What is the difference between .z and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .z
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
- Igor Pavlov
- Description
- It is an archive file that uses simple compression to compress files in the Unix OS. The files can easily be decompressed on the same OS.
- 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-compress
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Wikipedia
- .z on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia