whats the best compression format?

mcveigh · Mar 13, 2002

zip, tar, gzip, tar gzip, bzip, rar, other

just wondering what would get the smallest file

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RSMemphis · Mar 13, 2002

cab and rar

Ausm · Mar 13, 2002

I personally like rar

AUsm

Buzzman151 · Mar 13, 2002

it all depends.....what are you compressing?

Biggs · Mar 13, 2002

Rar for me too. It has a better compression algorithm than zip.

mcveigh · Mar 13, 2002

<< it all depends.....what are you compressing? >>

just wondering, in general you know.

Semimaker · Mar 13, 2002

An elephant in a tall tree would give very good compression!

mcveigh · Mar 13, 2002

<< An elephant in a tall tree would give very good compression! >>

So would my mother-in-law!