[Geek] Compression utility

[dancefloorlandmine]

We've got people currently using .zip utilities to compress files. However, we've also had a problem with at least one .zip archive corrupting, which is, technically at least, referred to as "a bugger". What, in the collected opinion of those who intermittently browse these tedious pages, is the best compression software, taking into account cost, compression performance, reliability, and recoverability/tendency to corrupt. Oh, and ease of use ...

Cheers, all!

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[jaq.livejournal.com]

If you installed Cygwin you could use Gzip or Bzipped tars - Gzip is fairly ubiquitous and usually comes out slightly smaller than Zip; Bzip is not quite so well known but makes even smaller files. If you're happy with a unix-style shell you can script these, which could be useful. Not sure how well GUI tools deal with them though.