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PowerArchiver 6.1, 7-zip and Winzip include the gzip compression code and can decompress .gz and tar.gz files. Win-GZ can compress and decompress files in gzip format.
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Tar (file format) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In computing, tar (derived from tape archive ) is both a file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of a program used to handle such files. The format was created in the...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)
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tar is not a compression program. It just combines several files into one, without compressing them. tar file are often compressed with 'compress', resulting in a .tar.Z file. See question 2, file type .tar.Z. GNU tar has the capability to (de)compress files as well.
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www.faqs.org/faqs/compression-faq/part1/section-25.html
www.faqs.org/faqs/compression-faq/part1/section-25.html
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The – in the place of a tar output filename directs tar to send its output to the standard output which is redirected to gzip. Substituting bzip2, when available in your operating system, will also work and generally provides better compression ratios...
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www.tech-recipes.com/rx/64/tar-and-compress-a-file-in-o...
www.tech-recipes.com/rx/64/tar-and-compress-a-file-in-one-step/
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Most Windows users compress files into ZIP format, while Linux and other Unix users prefer GZ (for single files) and TAR.GZ (for collections of files; the extension .TGZ is also used for these). Most of the free compression tools for Windows will decompress GZ and TAR.GZ files;
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www.sph.sc.edu/comd/rorden/gz.html
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You can also let GNU tar select the compression program basing on the suffix of the archive file name. This is done using ‘--auto-compress’ (‘-a’) command line option. For example, the following invocation will use bzip2 for compression:
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www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Compressio...
www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Compression.html
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Optimal Desktop, Integrated Browser, RSS Reader, Windows Explorer ... ; Manage archived files as folders ... Optimal Archive comes as a standalone application, and makes zip files look and act like windows folders. Drag & drop files from and to your zipped file and launch applications from inside of the zipped file.
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www.optimalaccess.com/en/download_archive.htm
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Tar compression, is this enough? Linux - Server ... Tar Compression Carlwill Linux - Software 2 01-29-2007 10:34 AM ... Curious about what tar, without compression, would be used for bdb4269 Linux - General 9 01-08-2007 06:36 PM...
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www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=57523...
www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=575235
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