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minus-squarepsycrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWhy use this over .7z? I’m legit curious.
minus-squareTauZero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAlso, 7z does not store file permissions. Doesn’t matter for a bunch of text/media files, but needed for distributing software.
minus-squareglibg10b@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhy use this over .xz? I’m legit curious.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoXZ is a single file container, whereas 7Z is a full fledged complete compressor which can handle multiple files. I see no reason to prefer TAR+XZ.
Why use this over .7z? I’m legit curious.
Also, 7z does not store file permissions. Doesn’t matter for a bunch of text/media files, but needed for distributing software.
Why use this over .xz? I’m legit curious.
XZ is a single file container, whereas 7Z is a full fledged complete compressor which can handle multiple files. I see no reason to prefer TAR+XZ.