Like when you send a .7z instead of a .zip or .rar to a friend or a teacher because that's what your computer has installed and they're like "Oh No, not one of those, now I have to install 7Zip" even though the same program that opens .rar also opens .7z I feel like people are way more annoyed when they receive a .7z
you can pipe a shell command directly into the archive. they're also a standard archive format understood by most computers on earth.
or maybe this was a joke reply.
I always send a targz first and only upon request will I send anything else
Could be worse: I was all for the .ARJ church back then. LHA was also considered
Trading disks back in high school we'd exclusively use arj, and intentionally roll the "r" sound because arrrrrj 🏴☠️
I did that once. They didn't even notice. Really bummed me out. To be fair, it was after I had them install 7Zip, so the fault is mine. Haha
If they complain about about a .7z file send them a .tar.gz file.
I got a rar file for work a few weeks ago and had the same thought. 'RAR is still a thing!?!?'
They've certainly become a lot more...
Nope, not gonna do it.
.rar is an awful proprietary format that needs to die, and die soon. You should NEVER use .rar files when sending files to others due to its closed proprietary nature.
.zip is preferable because everyone can handle it by default. 7z is OK because nearly everyone can handle it by default and it is an open format.
Just send a zip dude. You said yourself 7zip can already handle them. You're pointlessly making others install an application because of your personal preference hehe
Can't comment on that because I don't send archives very often, but here's my aliases (aliae?) in my .bashrc to make extracting easier:
alias 7x='7z x'
alias untar='tar -xvf'
alias untargz='tar -xvzf'
alias untarxz='tar -xf'
alias ux='unrar x'
and for zip files it's just unzip
alias untar='tar -xvf'
alias untargz='tar -xvzf'
alias untarxz='tar -xf'
Modern
tarhandles all of those withtar xfSort of.
7z xon a.tar.gz(or.tar.xz) gives you a.tar. If you don't mind running7z xagain on that tar, it works
I never apologize for my chosen file format. If they can't read it, they don't deserve it.
Best regards,
.tbz gangImagine me sending tar.gz without second though.
It was first time they saw file with two extensions. They got scared and worried.
Are there any examples of multiple file extensions outside of compression and archiving?
It's common when you "wrap" one file type inside another. Like .tar combines multiple files into one, then .gz compresses a single file.
You also see it with PGP (encryption).
Suppose I have a javascript file for a node server's backend access named
db.jsSuppose I write tests for those functions and name the test script file
db.test.jsSuppose I tar and gzip that file (bear with me), now named
db.test.js.tar.gzSuppose I sign that file with PGP, now named
db.test.js.tar.gz.pgpNow suppose I want to hide that signed compressed tarball of a javascript tests file for my db functions, and to do so, I name it
.db.test.js.tar.gz.pgpNow I have a file that looks like it consists of nothing but extensions. I'm sure you could push it even further though, if you tried.
Who uses RARs who doesn't use 7z though?
I think using anything other than deflate zip for things like sending to teachers or whatever isn't very wise, and if you're not then you won't need to apologise anyway
Pirates. Almost always pirated software that comes in rars. Probably due to how it can be split up.
To transfer 1tb of data from London to Edinburgh at 100mbit/s it would take around 22 hours.
To put a 1tb SSD in a rucksack and get the train to Edinburgh drop it off and come back would take about 9 hours.
Lol company I work at unironically has this as a suggestion for securely transfering sensitive data instead of cloud stuff. Although I think it's more of "please learn how to use our secure server, I'm begging you" thing.
In high school usb drives werent yet a thing so we had a SneakerNet using an Iomega Zip Disk.
I just use 7zip to make .zip if I think the person I'm sending it to won't know what a .7z is or how to unzip it.
I don't really see the point in using .rar or .7z in 90% of cases, makes very little difference in filesize compared to zip and anyone can open it without problems
Nnnnnnnnnope. I give them the 7z and tell them where to get 7Zip. If they have WinRAR isntalled, then they also likely hide their extensions, and won't even know they received a more modern archive. If all they have is Windows's WinZip implementation, then they'll need to install 7Zip or something. You don't want to install it? Then I guess you're not getting the file you so desperately want, because I'm not resending it in a .zip. 7z for the win.
I refuse to send anything except .zip to basically anyone I know. Because if it was anything else they'd be confused. With the things I'm sending on a regular basis, small images and documents, the difference in performance between archive formats doesn't really matter anyway.
