| File Type |
Consolidated Unix File Archive |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Contains multiple files stored as one archive; created with the Unix tar program; TAR files are not automatically compressed, so they are often compressed with Gnu Zip (which creates a .GZ file).
A filename that ends in ".tar.gz" is a TAR archive that has been compressed with Gnu Zip compression; sometimes the shortened .TGZ extension is used as well. |
| Program(s) that open tar files |
Mac: Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Mac; Zipeg
Windows: Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe for Windows; ALTools AlZip; Corel WinZip; PicoZIP; WinACE; 7-Zip; Zipeg
Unix: tar |
