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Old version Gzip compressed TAR Archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with tar.gz extension can be found as Gzip compressed TAR archives. They were typically used on Unix/Linux systems.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: December 24, 2024
The tar.gz was a popular compression file format used on Unix and Unix/Linux-based operating systems.
The TAR part of the file extension identifies the TAR (Tape Archive) archiving utility, and GZ identifies the GZip compression file format. It is an old version of the Gzip compressed TAR Archive — see TGZ, TAR, TAZ, and GZ file extensions. However, tar.gz archives are still supported by Unix, Linux, and BSD-based operating systems.
MIME types:
application/gnutar
application/x-tar
application/x-compressed
Use any compression utility such as WinRAR, PowerArchiver, ZipZag to open tar.gz archives.
Can be converted to other archive formarts either directly or via decompress -> compress to another format route.
Software applications that can open tar.gz files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create tar.gz files:
Linux/Unix
Software apps that extract tar.gz files:
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