Software-update: 7-Zip 22.00 – Computer – Downloads

Version 22.00 of 7-Zip has been released, a stable version. This open source archiver can handle a wide range of compression formats, including zip, cab, rar, arj, lzh, chm, gzip, bzip2, z, tar, cpio, rpm, deb and of course the proprietary 7z† Furthermore, the software is able to convert iso files and nsisopen installation packages. The changelog for this release looks like this:

What’s new:

• 7-Zip now can extract APFS (Apple File System) images that can be used in DMG files.
• 7-Zip now can create TAR archives in POSIX (pax) tar format with the switches
  • -ttar -mm=pax or -ttar -mm=posix
• 7-Zip now can store additional file timestamps with high precision (1 ns in Linux) in tar/pax archives with the following switches:
  • -ttar -mm=pax -mtp=3 -mtc -mta
• New switches for Linux version for TAR archives:
  • -snoi : store owner/group ids in archive or set owner/group ids from archive to extracted files.
  • -snon : store owner/group names in archive
• New -snz switch to propagate Zone.Identifier stream to extracted files (Windows).
• New option “Propagate Zone.Id stream” in Tools/Options/7-Zip menu.
• New “Options” window in “Add to archive” allows to select what metadata must be included to archive. Also it allows to select new option
• “Do not change source files last access time”.
• Some bugs were fixed.

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