On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:33 PM, h4nnibal <[email protected]> wrote: > 7z format gives a much better compression ratio. You can make it self > extracting with this > > $7z -a -sfx <path/to/outputfile> <path/to/inputfile>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z#Limitations says - The 7z format does not store UNIX owner/group permissions, and hence can be inappropriate for backup/archival purposes. A workaround is to convert data to a tar bitstream before compressing with 7z. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip says - It has unrar restriction. I think we should create a wiki page on what Tool to use. -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
