
#Decompressor archive

Usage comparison Archiving only usage Name
#Decompressor zip
gzip's gunzip can only decompress single member ZIP files.Some of the tools above are capable of handling multiple formats, allowing for fewer installed packages. See also #Archiving and compression usage. LZH/LHA archiver, supports the lh7-method.īoth the ACE file format and the archiving tool are proprietary. Tar archiving utility in C++ with member-aligned lzip compressionĬommand-line tool of a Mac application, supports over 40 archive formats.Ī high compression ratio archiver written in C++, uses several algorithms. Tar archiving utility in C with member-aligned zstd-compression

#Decompressor rar
The upstream Linux version of a file archiver with a high compression ratio.īoth the format and the rar utility are proprietary. The third-party POSIX port of 7-zip's command-line.

Today only used for creating static library files.įile archiver via stdin/stdout, supports cpio and tar formats.Īrchiver to backup large live filesystems, takes care of hard links, extended attributes, sparse files and inode types. Implementation of tar and cpio that also offers a library. Of course there are also tools that do both, which tend to additionally offer encryption, error detection and recovery.Ĭore utility for manipulating the ubiquitous tar archives (tarballs), which are used by pacman and the AUR. These tools are often used in sequence by firstly creating an archive file and then compressing it.
