{"id":1835,"date":"2013-01-24T16:53:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T08:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2013-01-24T16:53:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T08:53:39","slug":"7zip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=1835","title":{"rendered":"7zip"},"content":{"rendered":"

zip<\/a> is a nice, cross-platform compression software, similar in purpose to WinZip or GZip. \u00a0&zip can create and extract those .zip and .gz (and tar.gz) files, but it uses LZMA for its own native compression, which is a much more modern compression format. \u00a0(if you’re using .rar, please stop already).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Use 7zip to create a password-protected file of a list of files and directories; note the flags -p -mhe which are REQUIRED for the password part to function!\u00a0 7zip uses AES encryption with 256-bit keys<\/a>, so this encryption isn’t joking around.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Some basic command-line examples for using 7zip are listed below, which is run with either 7z or 7za on a GNU\/Linux system, the 7za being a bit less capable but also has fewer dependencies.<\/span><\/div>\n
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To Archive the files and folders ‘test\/ test2\/ file1 file2’<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
shell$ 7z a -t7z -p -mhe out-file.7z test\/ test2\/ file1 file2<\/span><\/div>\n
Scanning<\/span><\/div>\n
Updating archive out-file.7z<\/span><\/div>\n
Enter password (will not be echoed) :<\/span><\/div>\n
Verify password (will not be echoed) :<\/span><\/div>\n
Everything is Ok<\/span><\/div>\n
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To List the files:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
shell$ 7z l out-file.7z<\/span><\/div>\n
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And to Extract the files:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
shell$ 7z e out-file.7x<\/span><\/div>\n
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More Details<\/strong> : \u00a0 http:\/\/www.dotnetperls.com\/7-zip-examples<\/div>\n
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zip is a nice, cross-platform compression software, similar in purpose to WinZip or GZip. &zip can create and extract those .zip and .gz (and tar.gz) files, but it uses LZMA for its own native compression, which is a much more modern compression format. (if you’re using .rar, please stop already).<\/p>\n

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