TAR to TAR.BZ2 Converter
Select files for conversion or just drag and drop them to the upload area
How to convert TAR files to TAR.BZ2 online?
Step 1.
Upload TAR-file
Click "Choose File" button to select a tar file on your computer. TAR file size can be up to 50 Mb.
Step 2.
Convert TAR to TAR.BZ2
Click "Convert" button to start conversion.
Step 3.
Download your TAR.BZ2
When the conversion process is complete, you can download the TAR.BZ2 file.
Information about TAR and TAR.BZ2 file formats
| Name | TAR | TAR.BZ2 |
| Full name | TAR - Tape Archive | |
| File extension | .tar | |
| MIME type | application/x-tar | |
| Developed by | Jean-loup Gailly | |
| Type of format | File archiver | |
| Description | In computing, tar is a computer software utility for collecting many files into one archive file, often referred to as a tarball, for distribution or backup purposes. The archive data sets created by tar contain various file system parameters, such as time stamps, ownership, file access permissions, and directory organization. | |
| Technical details | A tar archive file contains uncompressed byte streams of the files which it contains. To achieve archive compression, a variety of compression programs are available, such as gzip, bzip2, xz, lzip, lzma, or compress, which compress the entire tar archive. | |
| File conversion | TAR conversion | TAR.BZ2 conversion |
| Associated programs | TAR | |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing) |