Best Archiver???

[jimmy g]

i have no clue which one to download...winace...winzip...power archiver...which offers the most compatibility with different compressed file types? thanks for anyones help

[locustfurnace]

Similar thread;
http://www.oldversion.com/talk/index.php?a...ct=ST&f=2&t=199

IZarc Freeware, archive utility suports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BZ2, BZA, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MIM, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO

[rhoadesb]

Originally posted by locustfurnace@Sep 16 2004, 08:43 PM
Similar thread;
http://www.oldversion.com/talk/index.php?a...ct=ST&f=2&t=199

IZarc Freeware, archive utility suports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BZ2, BZA, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MIM, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO

I like Winrar if storage space is a priority, Winzip if it's not.

Both of the above are shareware. 7-zip is a fairly good program and is if I recall correctly, is free to use. I don't care for it only because it still seems a little buggy.

[locustfurnace]

I have been using 7-zip (windows port) for well over a year. As for being buggy, I've never had a problem with the app. &zip is mentioned in the posted thread.
Most of my files are stored in bz2 format, which is slightly better than gz format. But i keep all windows files still in the zip format.
I prefer the organization of tarred files versus the way most people zip up files. So be sure to always tar before gzipping or bzipping.