How to convert CPGZ to TAR
Converting a .CPGZ file to .TAR lets you open the content in software that prefers the .TAR format, though some details may change compared with the original. We are still putting together the list of programs that handle .CPGZ files.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.CPGZ
Gzip-compressed CPIO Archive
A CPGZ file is a CPIO archive compressed with gzip - two layers stacked, gzip over cpio. On macOS, double-click it and Archive Utility extracts it. If a downloaded ZIP turned into a CPGZ,…
Open .CPGZ details →
.TAR
Tape Archive
A TAR file (also called a tarball) bundles files and folders into one archive but does not compress them. That is why you almost always see it as .tar.gz or .tgz, with gzip added on top. On…
Open .TAR details →
