.TAR.LZ File Extension
- Category: Compressed Files
- Format: Binary
What are .TAR.LZ files and how to open them?
Can't open .TAR.LZ file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .TAR.LZ file.What is a .TAR.LZ file extension?
.TAR.LZ file extension has been classified as Compressed Files. The format of .TAR.LZ file is Binary
.TAR.LZ is Lzip Compressed Tarball
"Tarball" (.TAR file) compressed with Lzip, a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain) algorithm, and therefore uses the compound file extension ".tar.lz;" often used for distributing linux software packages.
TAR.LZ files are similar to .TAR.LZMA files. They can be unpacked by first decompressing the file and then extracting files from the resulting tarball. This two-step process is commonly handled in one step by several file decompression utilities. There are several other instances of TAR files being compressed with separate algorithms such as .TAR.GZ, .TAR.XZ, and .TAR.BZ2.
List of all softwares that can open the Lzip Compressed Tarball
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