ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 I need to send some large data files from Windows to Unix (HPUX). If possible, I would like to compress them before sending. Anyone knows a compression tool for Windows that can create GZ files? WinZip is unfortunately still unable to do anything beneath the most common formats.A free tool would be best, as I need to use it only a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Found two tools, both shareware, and both with a free trial period.PowerZip, by Trident Software (http://www.tridentsw.com/)PicoZip (http://www.picozip.com/)PowerZip seems to only be able to make TAR.GZ files, and PicoZip can actually only make (uncompressed) TAR files. (Correction: using the Wizard, it can also make TAR.GZ files).I've got the job done with PowerZip for now, but if anyone knows a free tool for permanent use, it would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 7-ziphttp://www.7-zip.orgIt does GZIP and (even better compression) BZIP2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks for that info. I have downloaded, installed, and run it (the 4.15 beta version).However, so far I haven't figured out how to add anything to an archive once it's created. The Help section isn't of much help...Any tips...? (How to create a GZIP file with two large TXT files in it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 It's a difficult program to use:You'll need to use it's inherent filemanager, and browse to the directory it (the archive) is in. Then open it, by double-clicking, from there.Another good utility (although not open-source, so it has nag-screens but still free) is called WinAce, and it's much easier to use.There's also WinGZip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks; I like WinGZip, although it can only compress 1 file at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Finally got around to do that job; compressing the file, upload to Unix, then gunzip it. Unfortunately the resulting file is unusable for the tools that use it; I believe because of the Windows 0x0D-0x0A line ends.Any idea if the compression strategy (Default; Filtered; Huffman) would remove these extra CR characters?I had used a commercial gzipper in the past - PentaZIP I believe - that could do that. But I don't want to pay USD 40 just to remove some CR characters...(I am uploading the uncompressed file now; hopefully it will be finished by Monday...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 dos2unix NAME_OF_FILEOn the UNIX box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I should have waited for your reply before starting the upload :) - thanks!Amazing how many Unix things I learnt in the past few days on this Windows Forum!Anyway, a nice weekend to everyone; I'm heading home now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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