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Re: [Lzip-bug] This is not about bug !


From: Antonio Diaz Diaz
Subject: Re: [Lzip-bug] This is not about bug !
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 13:43:29 +0200
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Hi Adcock,

Adcock . wrote:
Is lzip still suitable for Windows.

Sure. In addition to the several ports of lzip and plzip for Windows that can be found in the 'Download' section of the lzip home page[1], a number of windows archivers are able to decompress lzip files. For example '7-Zip ZStandard Edition'[2].

[1] http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html
[2] http://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd


If yes then should I use 7zip archive format or Lzip ?

7-Zip is an archiver, while lzip is a compressor. They are not comparable. The equivalent to .7z is to use lzip in combination with the tar archiver. The resulting .tar.lz file can be opened with any Windows archiver supporting lzip, and has the advantage of being more portable than .7z between POSIX and Windows systems.


Best regards,
Antonio.



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