Hey Giz - not butting in but you know how it is when a person is sitting at the computer all night waiting...
Hey Conrad,
File name extensions and their significance:
.txt
A standard ascii text file.
.z
Ambiguous in compression scheme, but -
a "binary" file. Possible compression schemes:
zip, pkzip, "old" unix pack.
.Z
A file that has been compressed by the unix 'compress' utility -
a "binary" file.
.zip
A file(s) or directory that has been compressed by either
'zip' or 'pkzip' - a "binary" file. NOTE: zipping can be
nested: after an 'unzip' there may be files that still need
to be unzipped again.
.gz
A file that has been compressed by the GNU gzip/gunzip utilities -
a "binary" file.
.tar
Usually a directory archive file created by the venerable 'tar'
(originally "Tape ARchive") utility of unix - a binary file.
.tar.gz
A tar archive which has then been gzip'd. This may be the
cleanest way of archiving entire directories, and the easiest
to undo - also a binary file.
Yes it is Binary...
