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I just put files in tars because everything is already compressed. Really, 99% of formats already have their own compression - you might get a couple % by recom
by Paul_S 10y ago
I just put files in tars because everything is already compressed. Really, 99% of formats already have their own compression - you might get a couple % by recompressing them. Maybe a few text files that I have are not compressed but I can probably live with them taking up space.
- Crespyl 10y agoTar is not a compressed format. This is why it's usually paired with gzip or xz.
- Paul_S 10y agoI know it's not a compression format. My point is most formats that you put in tars are already compressed! Jpgs - compressed, RAWs - already compressed, any text format that isn't a plain-text file - already compressed. Compressing compressed formats is hardly worth it.