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submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's like when .zip was popular I guess?

Tar.gz is a two step thingy too (maybe under the hood 7z is too) so the extraction process always seems long?

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pro tip: Tar knows what to do if you try to untar a tar.gz file. It Just Works(tm).

[–] lmaydev@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So do zip files lol

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes but can winzip do tape backups.

[–] nix@merv.news 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you use tape backups for?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Nirvana bootlegs.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Eh? 'tar xvf foo.tar.gz' is technically 2 steps I guess, but that's pretty well hidden from the user.