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What is ARJ?
ARJ (Archived by Robert Jung) is a DOS-era archive format popular on bulletin board systems in the early 1990s. It supported multi-volume archives across floppy disks. Legacy ARJ archives need extraction into a modern format like ZIP.
Format Details
- Full Name
- ARJ Archive
- Extension
- .arj
Key Features
- DOS era
- Multi-volume
- BBS heritage
- Legacy archives
What is TAR?
TAR is a Unix archive format that bundles files and directories while preserving permissions and ownership. It does not compress by itself — typically combined with gzip (.tar.gz) or bzip2 (.tar.bz2).
Format Details
- Full Name
- Tape Archive
- Extension
- .tar
Key Features
- Unix permissions
- Directory structure
- No compression
- Streamable
ARJ vs TAR
| Feature | ARJ | TAR |
|---|---|---|
| Full Name | ARJ Archive | Tape Archive |
| Extension | .arj | .tar |
| Best For | DOS era | Unix permissions |