About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: EXE packers, Free data compression software, Unix archivers and compression-related utilities, Windows compression software, Gzip, Bzip2, ARJ, PKZIP, Tar, WinZip, Comparison of file archivers, PAQ, StuffIt, PeaZip, Comparison of ISO image software, 7-Zip, Info-ZIP, Executable compression, ALZip, Zlib, DiskDoubler, Pax, WinRAR, Pngcrush, LHA, ZipGenius, EMC Legato NetWorker, Shar, Rzip, Liblzg, StuffIt Expander, FreeArc, IZArc, Source Code Control System, Cpio, XZ Utils, UPX, Xarchiver, KGB Archiver, AdvanceCOMP, Compact Pro, Sync, PackIt, Audiograbber, Rawzor, Archive Utility, PNGOUT, File Roller, TUGZip, The Unarchiver, Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer, Ark, Bitser software, PowerArchiver, Filzip, Quantum compression, DAR, WinAce, Zipeg, SQX, Keka, Unrar, Dump, P7zip, Lzop, Star, XAD, Uncompress, DGCA, Pack200, Lhasa, LZRW, JAR, Pksmart, QUAD. Excerpt: The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up-to-date. Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes section, comparisons are based on the stable versions--without add-ons, extensions or external programs. Note: Archivers in purple are no longer in development. Basic general information about the archivers: creator/company, licence/price etc. The operating systems the archivers can run on without emulation or compatibility layer. Notes: Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). Notes: Information about what archive formats the archivers can read. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Notes: Information about what archive formats the archivers can...
