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rar is the most popular compression software1.
1 Basic usage
rar.exe a -m5 -pPASSWORD test.rar .\tmp |
2 7z usage
When 7z.exe and 7z.dll are under %PATH%, we can also run 7z in command line,our compiled 7za.exe, 7zr.exe work similarly.
7z vs rar:
- 7z's compression algorithm is more efficient than rar
- 7z is an open source software, and will be better choice for developers
- rar provides more sophisticated features with more switches
- rar's self-extracting archive and rar archive can convert between each other
7z.exe a |