Re: HTTP transfer errors

On 14/06/2011 19:59, Don Y wrote:
On 6/14/2011 9:31 AM, George Neuner wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:14:31 -0700, Don Y<nowhere@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi David,

On 6/13/2011 3:59 AM, David Brown wrote:

The strong points of rar format are that it works well with large
files,
and it can split them into multi-file archives. This makes it very
popular for "warez" - generally illegal file shares.

So, what's the "advantage" over:
{zip,gzip} | split
Or, is this just another case of the Windows mentality of having
"everything" in one tool to avoid plumbing?

RAR has no real advantage over zip split, but for a long time the
WinZip GUI could decompress split archives but could not create them -
you had to use zip to create the archive - whereas WinRAR could do
both. So for command line phobics, WinRAR was a better choice.

Ah, OK. I actually didn't know that WinZIP could split archives.
Or, deal with split archives! I would just plumb Zip's output
through split(1) directly. And, conversely, cat(1) the parts
together before UNzipping them.


Just in case anyone thinks that WinZIP, like WinRAR, is a good choice of zipper program, don't forget that it is shareware - it is illegal to use it for anything other than evaluation unless you pay for it. If you think its features are worth the money, then that's great - buy a license. If you want a free program, use a free program (like 7zip).
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