.TAR.GZ, .TGZ or .GZ. files are typically seen with software installers on Unix-based operating systems like Ubuntu and macOS for data archival and backups. But they are sometimes used for regular ...

In my adaptation of the Java code into the Groovy script shown above, I left most of the exception handling in place. Although Groovy allows exceptions to be ignored whether they are checked or ...

In this post, I am going to share steps to create a Zip archive folder using a Batch file in Windows 11/10. For this, I will be doing this with the help of 7-Zip software. 7-Zip is a free and open ...

Microsoft says Windows 11 22H2 now natively supports almost a dozen additional archive formats, including RAR, 7-Zip, Tar, and GZ archives. The company has added support for 11 new file archive ...

There are two common ways of squeezing large files into smaller sizes: ZIP and RAR. The ZIP format is much more common, but there are times when RAR works better, especially when the file is ...

Not too long ago, opening a zip file on an iPhone or iPad was impossible without using a third-party app, but that’s no longer the case. It’s actually really easy, so long as you’re on at least iOS 11 ...

7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files. When you download documents and ...

Security researchers warned about a vulnerability in older versions of 7-Zip The vulnerability allowed threat actors to bypass the Mark of the Web security feature The bug was fixed in late November ...

I've been trying to find some software for OS X that will handle rar files and works as simply as 7-zip does on the pc. From the 7-zip page: I tried EZ_7Z, but to extract an archive to a network ...

Extracting .tar.gz files on Windows 10 is not a daunting task. You don’t need extensive technical skills to get the job done. In this article, we’ll show you a simple and straightforward method to ...