On 2025-08-07 09:33:34 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 07:00:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > My questions: > > 1. Can individual files or directories be extracted from XYZ.tar.xz ? > > Yes. > > > 2. Is there a compressed format that makes above convenient? > > If you plan to do this repeatedly, the .zip format is a superior > choice.
But it is quite bad for compression. The 7z format (implemented by 7-Zip) should be much better. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
