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ZIP to TAR.GZ
The archive every Unix tool reads, with file paths and permissions in their place.
More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome
How to convert ZIP to TAR.GZ
- Drop the archive.
- Nothing to choose.
- Press Convert and download the tarball.
What happens to your file
7-Zip unpacks the archive on Fylane’s servers into a scratch folder — a thousand files and 64 MB unpacked at most — writes a tar of the same files with their paths, then gzips it. The result unpacks with tar -xzf on any Linux or Mac, and ADDs straight into a Docker image. Deleted on schedule.
A password-protected archive is refused by name.
Questions
tar.gz or zip for a server?
tar.gz: every Unix tool, package manager and Dockerfile expects it, and it keeps file permissions where a ZIP made on Windows loses them.
Do it once, not on every form
Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.
And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.
Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.
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Do this in code
curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"file_id": "<file id>",
"operation": "archive.convert",
"options": {
"to": "tar.gz"
}
}'The same operation, archive.convert — Any archive 7-Zip reads — 7z, RAR, tar, gzip, zip — rewritten as a ZIP or, by `to`, a 7z or tar.gz, names and paths kept; a thousand files and 64 MB unpacked at most. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.