The main difference between this sort of setup and that on Windows is that Unix and Linux treat archiving and compression as two distinct steps. The.tar file holds all the other files, and compression is then applied to that.tar file. Suffixes like.tgz and.tbz are shorthand for.tar.gz and.tar.bz2, respectively. TMG versus DMG The following information is in part referenced from the book “Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments” by Drs. Pangborn and Baker. This is not meant to be an in-depth discussion of methylation supplements of DMG, TMG.
Difference Dmg Vs Tgz File Format
| Name | TGZ | ZIP |
| Full name | TGZ, Gzipped Tar File | ZIP - ZIP Archive |
| File extension | .tgz | .zip, .zipx |
| MIME type | application/gnutar, application/x-compressed | application/zip |
| Developed by | Unknown | Phil Katz, PKWARE, Inc. |
| Type of format | Archive | Data compression |
| Description | The Gzipped Tar File (TGZ) file extension can best be explained by calling it similar to a traditional zip file. However, this type of file extension has the ability to handle files that are much larger than standard zip functionality will allow. These are also sometimes known as gzip files. Because of their origination, TGZ files can easily be handled and extracted when you are using a Mac or Linux operating system. However, Windows does not have the ability to handle TGZ files without some help. On a Windows computer, you will either have to convert the TGZ file or install an app on your PC. | ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A .ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The .ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is the most common. |
| Technical details | The TGZ file format was originally created by both Mark Adler and Jean Loup Gailly in the early 1990’s. It was specifically created for use on the GNU project. The most recent update took place in June of 2013. The file format and associated software application was developed to allow for file compression and decompression of files that are very large. While similar to commonly used zipped files, a TGZ extension can handle files that are much larger. Another difference is that zipped files can include multiple files in their compression, while a TGZ is just the compression of a single file that is very large. | ZIP files are archives that store multiple files. .ZIP allows contained files to be compressed using many different methods, as well as simply storing a file without compressing it. Each file is stored separately, allowing different files in the same archive to be compressed using different methods. |
| File conversion | TGZ conversion | ZIP conversion |
| Associated programs | Smith Micro Stuffit Deluxe 2010 (Windows, Mac), WinRAR 5 (Windows), Corel WinZip 18.5 (Windows), 7-Zip (Windows), Zipeg (Windows, Mac), Incredible Bee Archiver (Mac), Tar (Linux), Gunzip (Linux), Pkgtool (Linux) | Microsoft Windows, WinZip, WinRAR, IZarc, Info-ZIP, 7-Zip, PeaZip, B1 Free Archiver, DotNetZip. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_(file_format) |