What is the difference between .z and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .z
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
- Tukaani
- 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.
- 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-compress
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz