Filzip
Encyclopedia
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 October 2011, there's no added information since 2007, so it seems Filzip's development has been terminated.
Filzip supports seven different archive formats, allowing the user to add and extract files from the archives. These include ZIP
, BH, CAB
, JAR
, LHA
(LZH), TAR
, and gzip
. A handful of other formats are supported for extraction only, including ACE
, ARC, ARJ
, RAR, and ZOO
.
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.
File archiver
A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage...
program for the Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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 October 2011, there's no added information since 2007, so it seems Filzip's development has been terminated.
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
ZIP (file format)
Zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is...
, BH, CAB
Cabinet (file format)
In computing, CAB is the Microsoft Windows native compressed archive format. It supports compression and digital signing, and is used in a variety of Microsoft installation engines: Setup API, Device Installer, AdvPack and Windows Installer.Though Cabinet was originally called Diamond, its .CAB...
, JAR
JAR (file format)
In software, JAR is an archive file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources into one file to distribute application software or libraries on the Java platform.JAR files are built on the ZIP file format and have the .jar file extension...
, LHA
LHA (file format)
LHA is a freeware compression utility and associated file format. It was created in 1988 by , and originally named LHarc. A complete rewrite of LHarc, tentatively named LHx, was eventually released as LH. It was then renamed to LHA to avoid conflicting with the then-new MS-DOS 5.0 LH command...
(LZH), TAR
Tar (file format)
In computing, tar is both a file format and the name of a program used to handle such files...
, and gzip
Gzip
Gzip is any of several software applications used for file compression and decompression. The term usually refers to the GNU Project's implementation, "gzip" standing for GNU zip. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of Lempel-Ziv and Huffman coding...
. A handful of other formats are supported for extraction only, including ACE
ACE (file format)
In computing, ACE is a proprietary data compression archive file format developed by Marcel Lemke, and later bought by e-merge GmbH. The peak of its popularity was 1999—2001, when it provided slightly better compression rates than RAR, which has since become more popular.-WinAce:WinAce, maintained...
, ARC, ARJ
ARJ
ARJ is a software tool designed by Robert K. Jung for creating high-efficiency compressed file archives. ARJ is currently on version 2.85 for DOS and 3.15 for Windows and supports 16-bit and 32-bit Intel architectures.ARJ was one of two mainstream archivers for DOS and Windows during early and...
, RAR, and ZOO
Zoo (file format)
zoo is a data compression program and format developed by Rahul Dhesi in the mid 1980s. The format is based on the LZW compression algorithm and compressed files are identified by the .zoo file extension. It is no longer widely used. Program source code was originally published on the...
.
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.