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wynfield AT gmail DOT com wrote:
> You might also try 7-Zip. You can download it from: http://www.7-zip.org/
>  7-zip supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR,
> CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM, NSIS, RPM and DEB formats.
> 
> I use this and in my shell resource file I have aliased it to "7z" in
> instead of putting the directory in my $PATH variable for some reason, I
> cant remember. Lazy maybe.
> 
> alias 7z='/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/7-Zip/7z.exe'
> 
> 7-Zip also has a gui executable, "/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/7-Zip/7zFM.exe"
> for a window interface.

If one is looking for a command-line interface, the Cygwin "p7zip" package
is an arguably nicer one for Cygwin. ;-)


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