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> p7zip is not anyone's first guess the first time they see a .7z file. If you're running KDE (and I think GNOME), the built-in GUI de-compressors handle 7-zip
by simoncion 11y ago
> p7zip is not anyone's first guess the first time they see a .7z file.
If you're running KDE (and I think GNOME), the built-in GUI de-compressors handle 7-zip just fine.
> Compressing a directory is a solved problem with standard solutions.
shrug 7-Zip compresses at least as well as RAR, and doesn't have a file format that permits feeding executable bytecode to a probably-not-very-well-examined bytecode interpreter. [0]
[0] True story! http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2012/09/fun-with-constrained-programming.html http://blog.cmpxchg8b.com/2012/09/fun-with-constrained-progr...