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GNU tar compressed archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with gtar file extension can be typically found as file archives compressed using GNU tar format.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: May 3, 2019
The gtar file extension is primarily related to gtar - the GNU version of the archiving utility tar.
It copies files into or out of a tar archive, reads the contents of a tar archive, and replaces files within an archive.
It can also perform additional tasks such as compressing files as they are added to an archive, or decompressing them as they are read out.
MIME types:
application/x-gtar
Use The Unarchiver or similar tool to open *.gtar compressed archive files. Some Linux distributions may directly install app found in these packages.
Compressed archives can be repacked between various formats.
Software applications that can open gtar files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that create gtar files:
Linux/Unix
Software apps that extract gtar files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix