Wednesday, February 28, 2007

7-Zip a great WinZip alternative

7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/ is a great open source software for handling zip files as well as other formats. One I have found use for is to extract the contents of ISO files.

The main features of 7-Zip

  • High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
  • Supported formats:
    • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
    • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
  • For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format
  • Integration with Windows Shell
  • Powerful File Manager
  • Powerful command line version
  • Plugin for FAR Manager
  • Localizations for 63 languages
7-Zip

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    Anonymous said...

    Here are a couple of links related to this topic:

    (Don't Use ZIP, Use RAR --
    http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000798.html)

    (Revisiting 7-ZIP --
    http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000799.html)
    February 28, 2007

    R.K. McSwain said...

    Been using 7-Zip for a while now. I have a machine that emails me log files in ZIP format, the log file is nested 3 folders deep in the ZIP. One of the folders has a 'blank' name (no idea why) ... anyway, the built in ZIP functionality in Windows XP chokes on the "blank" folder name... 7-Zip works great.
    February 28, 2007

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