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p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 09.11.2007, 09:18

> i've installed the win version of 7zip : this can open and/or compress
> many kind of archive (.zip ,.arj .rar etc.)
> The DOS version can do this ?

IIRC, yes, but not RAR or ARJ, only .tar.gz (-tgzip), .tar.bz2 (-tbzip2), .tar (-ttar), .zip (-tzip), and the default 7-Zip (.7z) format.

RAR is shareware, but ARJ (shareware) is free for non-commercial use (I think). UNRAR and UNARJ are free/open source, though.

http://www.rarlabs.com
http://www.arjsoftware.com

Complete thread:

• 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - Steve, 25.10.2007, 22:56 (Announce)
  • 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 02:16
    • 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:46
      • 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - Rugxulo, 01.11.2007, 03:52
        • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Rugxulo, 06.11.2007, 19:40
          • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - iw2evk Roberto, 09.11.2007, 08:20
            • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Rugxulo, 09.11.2007, 09:18
              • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Rugxulo, 15.11.2007, 15:34
            • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Steve, 09.11.2007, 09:45
            • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - rr, 16.11.2007, 11:20
  • "7za -w" fails in pure DOS - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 19:18