.tgz and .gz question

g_warreng_warren
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
When creating a file to be downloaded from my website, and compressing it, are files .tgz and .gz exactly the same? i.e. are these interchangeable? Thanks

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    qchemqchem Posts: 73member
    Usually they are the same, but not always.



    Tar (the t in tgz) simply creates an archive of files and was originally used for backing up to tapes.



    Gzip actually compresses files or archives.
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