I am trying to figure out the file layout of tar.Z file. (so called .taz file. compressed tar file).
this file can be produced with tar -Z option or using unix compress utility(result are same)
I tried to google some document about this file structure but there is no documentation about this file structure.
I know that this is LZW compressed file and starts with its magic number "1F 9D" but thats all I can figure out. someone please tell me more details about the file header or anything.
I am not interested about how to uncompress this file, or what linux command can process this file.
I want to know is internal file structure/header/format/layout. thank you in advance
A tar.Z file is just a compressed tar file, so you will only find the 1F 9D magic number telling you to uncompress it.
When uncompressed you can read the tar file header: