Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread bill lam
arc zip addon had been removed since j901. zip.exe and unzip.exe bundled with j base install file should already support password encryption. For general use on Windows, my vote goes to 7zip too. It integrates well into file explorer context menu. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 1:30 AM Devon McCormick

Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread Julian Fondren
On 2020-06-25 17:30, Hauke Rehr wrote: As everyone tosses in their 2¢ on this, here are mine: Back in the days when I had to work with machines infested with that big fat virus called windows, I also used 7zip. Nowadays, I usually tar and untar everything that needs compression. And for encryp

Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread Hauke Rehr
As everyone tosses in their 2¢ on this, here are mine: Back in the days when I had to work with machines infested with that big fat virus called windows, I also used 7zip. Nowadays, I usually tar and untar everything that needs compression. Am 26.06.20 um 00:24 schrieb HH PackRat: On 6/25/20, J

Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread HH PackRat
On 6/25/20, Jan-Pieter Jacobs 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). Another vote for 7-Zip. I've used it for years--it's great! (It

Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread Raul Miller
Once upon a time, I wanted j to be able to glue a zip archive onto the end and have that zipped directory structure provide the j ~system directory structure. (Executables reserve the start of the file to describe the layout of the program. Meanwhile, zip files reserve the end of the file to descr

Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread 'Kenneth Lettow' via Programming
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 < janpieter.jac...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the first things I usually install on a windows machine is 7zip

Re: [Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread Jan-Pieter Jacobs
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 wrote: > H

[Jprogramming] zip API

2020-06-25 Thread Devon McCormick
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