Filzip is a freeware
file archiver program for the
Microsoft Windows platform.
It was written by Philipp Engel. While free, the author does request donations to help the cost of development and reward him for his work. As of March 2019, no new version has been released since version 3.0.6. Filzip has been presumed unmaintained the software development.
Features
The program has been localized to more than twenty languages.
Filzip supports seven different archive formats, allowing the user to add and extract files from the archives. These include
ZIP, BH,
CAB,
JAR
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,
LHA (LZH),
TAR
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, and
gzip
gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression. The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler as a free software replacement for the compress program used in early Unix systems, and i ...
. A handful of other formats are supported for extraction only, including
ACE
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,
ARC,
ARJ
ARJ (Archived by Robert Jung) is a software tool designed by Robert K. Jung for creating high-efficiency data compression, compressed file archives. ARJ is currently on version 2.86 for MS-DOS and 3.20 for Microsoft Windows and supports 16-bit, 3 ...
,
RAR, and
ZOO
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.
Files within most formats can be viewed without explicitly unpacking them, and can be removed or renamed within the archive. ZIP files may be spanned; that is, written to any number of files with a fixed maximum size so that they can be placed on removable media.
The program has integration, and can create self-extracting executable archives for redistribution without licensing fees.
Reception
CNET rated it 4/5 stars and wrote, "Easy program operation sets this freeware file compression tool apart from the crowded genre."
See also
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Comparison of file archivers
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up to date. Unless ...
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Comparison of archive formats
This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files.
Archiving only
Compression only
Archiving and compression
Data recovery
Comparison Containers and compression
Notes
While the origin ...
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List of archive formats
This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files.
Archiving only
Compression only
Archiving and compression
Data recovery
Comparison Containers and compression
Notes
While the original ...
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ZIP (file format)
ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed. The ZIP file format permits a number of compression algorithms, though DEFLATE is t ...
References
External links
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File compression review including Filzip
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