When people talk about file compression, they usually mean ZIP. In fact, they often make it into a verb–much like we “Google” things on the Internet, we “zip” files before sending them over email. But ...

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In my adaptation of the Java code into the Groovy script shown above, I left most of the exception handling in place. Although Groovy allows exceptions to be ignored whether they are checked or ...

The computer programs 7-Zip and FileZilla serve two very different, but potentially related, purposes. The purpose of 7-Zip is to manage archives of files on your computer locally. FileZilla is a File ...

My ZIP files are still boring but at least the app opening them isn’t.

ChromeOS is now more powerful for managing files, with new support for archive formats like 7z, iso, and tar — with more on the way. Last July, we were first to report that Google was working on a new ...

I'm having trouble with Safari and downloading 7zip archives from a site which insists on getting the correct referrer string with the request. The problem is that Safari doesn't download 7zip files, ...

WinZip and WinRAR are great, but if you'd rather hang on to your $30, check out these free alternatives. Credit: Clare Black/CC BY 2.0 Cloud drive services like Google Drive and OneDrive are handy and ...

7-Zip and p7Zip belong to a family of file compression utilities that are among the best available for Linux/Unix. So you would think that the development communities would offer to Linux users what ...

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Does 7-Zip keep showing the Data error on your Windows PC? 7-Zip is a popular file archiver that enables you to compress or decompress archives in different formats ...