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TAR.GZ (a gzip-compressed tar archive, also seen as .tgz) is the standard packaging format of the Unix and Linux world, dating to the early 1990s. The tar layer preserves the full directory tree and file permissions; the gzip layer compresses it. Source code releases, server backups, and Linux software have shipped as tarballs for three decades.
| Full name | Gzip-compressed tarball |
| Developer | GNU Project |
| Released | 1992 |
| Type | Compressed archive |
| Typical use | Linux/Unix software distribution and server backups |
| MIME | application/gzip |
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TAR.GZ (a gzip-compressed tar archive, also seen as .tgz) is the standard packaging format of the Unix and Linux world, dating to the early 1990s. The tar layer preserves the full directory tree and file permissions; the gzip layer compresses it If a device refuses to open it, the fastest fix is converting it to a more universal format with the converter above.
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