TAR + bzip2: conversion steps
- Upload your TAR + bzip2 file to start.
- Convert TAR + bzip2 to bzip2.
- Download the TAR + bzip2 file.
About TAR + bzip2 files
a TAR archive compressed with bzip2
TAR + bzip2 (.tar.bz2) is a TAR archive compressed with bzip2, which usually packs smaller than gzip but runs more slowly.
Older Linux source releases and backups.
TAR + bzip2: what conversion changes
Converting TAR + bzip2 repacks losslessly.
TAR + bzip2: settings to change
Before you convert TAR + bzip2 files, you can adjust: Compression level, Split size, Password, and Root folder.
Limits of the TAR + bzip2 format
Where the smallest size matters, xz has largely replaced bzip2.
Common questions about TAR + bzip2
Why does my .tar.bz2 archive take so much longer to unpack than .tar.gz? Bzip2 trades speed for a slightly smaller file, spending far more CPU on the same data — gzip or xz are the faster choices for most archives.
Why convert archives to TAR.BZ2? When the download size matters more than the unpacking speed, bzip2 squeezes out a few extra percent.