[NTLUG:Discuss] RAR

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Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> I think the only RAR (an ugly thing IMHO) utility is
> shareware for Linux.  Do a search for rar and linux
> on a search engine.
> 
> And let me know what on earth makes rar a good format.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris

Back in my few BBS days I discovered this file format and found that the
rar utility often compressed files better (by a considerable percentage)
than the standard zip format in use back then.  I have no idea how it
compares to gzip or bzip2 now.

Jay

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