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by Kozak Thu 27 Jan, 2005 3:55 pm
I am looking for a program that can gzip, zip, tar, anything a user would need. What are you guys using?
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by Duck Thu 27 Jan, 2005 4:07 pm
As long as it can handle ace, rar and zip I'm happy, so I always use WinRAR. If you need something more powerfull, you can use 7zip (
http://www.7-zip.org/ )
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by leofox Thu 27 Jan, 2005 4:22 pm
use picozip. It can handle EVERYTHING. It even does lzh. 'nuff said.
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by CoBB Thu 27 Jan, 2005 4:42 pm
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by leofox Thu 27 Jan, 2005 5:12 pm
Supports ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, CAB, GZ, JAR, LHA, LZH, RAR, TAR, TGZ, WAR, Z, ZIP, ZOO, MIM, XXE and UUE file formats
that's a lot of formats
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by CoBB Thu 27 Jan, 2005 5:39 pm
No, it isn't much. I don't really get why they are listing things like jar/war or tgz though, since those are already provided by other items on the list... Anyway, most of these are really ubiquitous, so supporting them all is elementary requirement.
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by Dwedit Thu 27 Jan, 2005 6:18 pm
Depending on the source file, either 7-zip will get the best compression, or Winrar will win. 7-zip wins more often with what I compress.
You know your hexadecimal output routine is broken when it displays the character 'G'.
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by dysfunction Thu 27 Jan, 2005 7:32 pm
Heehee file roller. Or WinRAR in windows (and under wine).
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by Kozak Thu 27 Jan, 2005 7:59 pm
These days with the TAR and GZ hype on some sites I can't open alot of files. I've tried Picozip but it's slow, I'll try 7zip then.
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by CoBB Thu 27 Jan, 2005 8:13 pm
'Hype'? It's the most natural format to use on Unix(-like) systems.
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by Spengo Thu 27 Jan, 2005 8:20 pm
winRAR = the ultimate best. Even though the actual compression is less than 7z, it opens EVERYTHING. Also, you don't have to pay for it :D. when the 30 day trial period runs out, it just pops a message saying 'please give us money' which there is a cancel option on.
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by benryves Thu 27 Jan, 2005 8:56 pm
The WindowsXP built in compressed folder handler is fine for 90% of stuff.
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by shadowing Fri 28 Jan, 2005 1:01 am
WinRAR. It's the best for windows to me.
