• Further compression is done using gzip which would result in a .tar.gz file. With tar, you can compress and decompress files.
  • When transferring files over the network, it’s more preferable to transfer a single file (usually .gz or .tar.gz archive).
  • Common compressions applied to a .tar file are Gzip, bzip2, and xz. That’s why you rarely see just a .tar file and more commonly encounter .tar.gz or .tgz files.
  • Gzip is the most popular algorithm for compressing tar files. By convention, the name of a tar archive compressed with gzip should end with either .tar.gz or .tgz.
  • Typically, the outcome of a tar command is a TAR file. If you use gzip for further compression, the result becomes a .tar.gz file.
  • This article teaches you how to create and extract a TAR GZ archive in the Linux terminal. We’ll use the tar program for this.
    • How to Unzip .tar.gz in Linux using tar
    • Extract Files with gzip
    To unzip the .tar.gz file, use the tar command with the following arguments
  • Understanding tar.gz files is essential for managing and manipulating compressed data efficiently. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create tar.gz files.
  • I was able to ftp the .tar.gz file to our hosting site, but when I ssh into my directory and try using unzip, it gives me this error
  • arkadaşlar suse 10.1 kurulu ama bazı programları açmak için tar.gz istiyor nedir bu tar.gz kısa yoldan anlatırsanız sevinirim.