On Dec 28, 2007 2:11 AM, Simone <<a href="mailto:simozack@yahoo.it">simozack@yahoo.it</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
bob gailer ha scritto:<br><br>>> could you have a short review of my CLI package.<br>> .bz2??? What does that extension mean? (For us Windows folk). Or could<br>> you attach a simple zip file?<br><br>.bz2 is an archive compressed with the bzip2 compression program. If
<br>you're on Windows, consider to use 7zip for managing compressed archive<br>(<a href="http://www.7zip.org" target="_blank">www.7zip.org</a>): open source & free (as in freedom) and better, IMHO,<br>than WinZip.
<br><font color="#888888"><br></font></blockquote><div> <br>Way, way better! It can read the following types: arj, bz2, cab, cpio, deb, gz, iso, lzh, rar, rpm, tar, z, zip, 7z, and 001; it writes 7z, tar, and zip.<br>(7z is 7-zip's own format - very tight, very fast compression. 001 is
usually the first part of a multi-part ZIP or RAR file. ISO is a CD or
DVD image; CAB is a Microsoft cabinet file; DEB and RPM are Linux
package files, and the others are formats we Windows users need to be
able to read in order to become citizens of the world...)</div><div> <br>It does self-extracting EXE files "right out of the box" - no extra
install, no "Upgrade to the Professional version to remove this
irritating message". If you're a batch-file maniac like me, it also
includes a command-line interface - again, that's a paid extra with
WinZip (or at least it used to be; I switched to WinRAR years ago and
then switched to 7-Zip after a friend turned me on to it.) I must
admit, the command-line syntax is less intuitive than WinZip's, but the
manual is good.</div><div> <br>It's fast and has a spiffy interface and good right-click integration
with Windows Explorer. It slices! It dices! It removes unsightly
stains!</div><div> <br>Not a paid endorsement - just a happy user. Sorry to be off-topic, I know this didn't really belong in the Tutor list...<br>
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