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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why use this over .7z? I'm legit curious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also, 7z does not store file permissions. Doesn't matter for a bunch of text/media files, but needed for distributing software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why use this over .xz? I'm legit curious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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.