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Bradley Smith digitalmars-com at baysmith.com
Fri Apr 6 15:47:05 PDT 2007


Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Lester L. Martin The 2nd wrote:
>>> my unzip program is wierd then.  It will first replace the 
>>> folder(removing files inside) and then it will put the new files 
>>> inside. I have problems do the install you do and so every time I 
>>> upgrade to a new D I end up having to reinstall everything after 
>>> uninstalling every thing.  If that is the way Walter intended it then 
>>> I need to find a better zip program. 
>>
>> You need a better one.
> 
> I've been personally using WinRAR for years now.  I do recommend it.
> 
> http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
> 
> (Incidentally, I'm also fond of the actual .rar format as well, for my 
> personal use.)
> 
> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Wikipedia has a good comparison of file archives: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers


I recommend 7-zip, http://www.7-zip.org/

WinRAR is shareware. 7-zip is freeware. The RAR format is open source 
for decompression only. The 7z format is fully open source.






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