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What file type are .tar.bz2 and tar.gz ?

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I'm using Windows 10, 64-bit Pro computer.

I want to download following Two files from internet to my hard disk:

filename.tar.bz2
filename.tar.gz

These Two files should contain 'c' source code.

What are these file types? Are they like zip files? If yes, how do I unzip them.
 

These extensions are or were widelly used in Linux/Unix compressed files.
If I'm not wrong, you can open these files with Winrar.
 
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Andre is correct, they are Linux or Unix 'tarball', compressed files. Any version of Linux would open them natively. If they only contain text files like source code you should have no problem but executable files will not run in Windows.

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+1 for 7-Zip as it handles those file types and a whole lot more.
One of the first programs I install on any new Windows system I use.
Susan
 

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