11.06.2010, 18:25
.tar files are collections of other folders and files in one big "tarball". Its usually a UNIX/Linux format.
The .gz (GZip) comes along when you compress a tarball using gzip. There is also .bz (for bzip, but not widely used that I'm aware of)
The .gz (GZip) comes along when you compress a tarball using gzip. There is also .bz (for bzip, but not widely used that I'm aware of)