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p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available (Announce)

posted by Steve  , US, 09.11.2007, 09:45

> 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 ?

The DOS version is based on p7zip, which is a port of the standalone 7za.exe, not of 7z.exe. 7za packs and unpacks 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR files, and for Z files it unpacks only.

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