I would also recommend 7Zip. It's command line version allows a lot of options, and I have used it on large files >20GB with no issues.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 2:26 PM Jan-Pieter Jacobs < [email protected]> wrote: > One of the first things I usually install on a windows machine is 7zip ( > https://7-zip.org). It opens about any archive, is cross-platform free and > open source (thus fairly future proof). About speed, I cannot comment. > Good luck! > > Jan-Pieter > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 19:30 Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi - I see there's an old arc/zip module in the addons. Has anyone used > > this recently? > > > > I don't see any mention of this supporting encryption. Does anyone know > of > > a zip API that does? > > > > I upgraded to Windows 10 a few months ago, so things broke, among them > the > > routine I used to use for zipping. I did buy a new license for WinZip on > > one of my machines but it is much slower than it used to be and I'd > rather > > not spend more money on something that meh. > > > > There seem to be many options out there but I'd like to future-proof this > > by having as much in J as possible or at least have small, fast external > > package. > > > > Thanks for any help or ideas you can provide. > > > > Devon > > > > -- > > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > Quantitative Consultant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- *Kenneth Lettow* Director Market Intelligence | Thomas™ Thomasnet.com <https://www.thomasnet.com> | #ThomasForIndustry <https://www.thomasnet.com> <https://www.thomasnet.com>[image: Thomas For Industry] <https://www.thomasnet.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
