7zip files

[gelatin]

i have some 7zip files that i cant unzip does anyones know any programs for mac that can do this?

 

[SpookTheHamster]

The Unarchiver can unpack almost any compressed file types.

 

[gelatin]

hmm its for mac 10.4 im only on 10.3.9

 

[Laslo Panaflex]

7-zip a special compression algorithm and can encrypt files too. As far as I know it is for windows only windows, you can download it here:

http://www.7-zip.org/

 

[gelatin]

thanks mate ive tried the ones there already

 

[WildCowboy]

Anything in this thread help?

 

[gelatin]

oh i see,i downloaded the program from the 7zip site but it was just some terminal thing that i dont know how to use,could anyone explain to me please?

i get this when i click on the unix executable file

Last login: Thu Jan 25 00:04:22 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
Stuarts-Computer:~ stuarts$ /Volumes/p7zip/7za; exit

7-Zip (A) 4.43 beta  Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Igor Pavlov  2006-09-15
p7zip Version 4.43 (locale=C,Utf16=off,HugeFiles=on,1 CPU)

Usage: 7za <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
       [<@listfiles...>]

<Commands>
  a: Add files to archive
  d: Delete files from archive
  e: Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
  l: List contents of archive
  t: Test integrity of archive
  u: Update files to archive
  x: eXtract files with full paths
<Switches>
  -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include archives
  -ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude archives
  -bd: Disable percentage indicator
  -i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames
  -l: don't store symlinks; store the files/directories they point to
  CAUTION : the scanning stage can never end because of symlinks like '..'
            (ex:  ln -s .. ldir)
  -m{Parameters}: set compression Method (see the manual)
  -o{Directory}: set Output directory
  -p{Password}: set Password
  -r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories
  (CAUTION: this flag does not do what you think, avoid using it)
  -sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive
  -si[{name}]: read data from stdin
  -slt: show technical information for l (List) command
  -so: write data to stdout (eg: % 7z a dummy -tgzip Doc.txt > archive.gz)
  -t{Type}: Set type of archive
  -v{Size}[b|k|m|g]: Create volumes
  -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options
  -w[path]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
  -x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
  -y: assume Yes on all queries
logout
[Process completed]

 

[gelatin]

dammit the file is a self executing .exe file made in 7zip ivr tried ez7z and it doesnt work
the people that i downloaded from said it should open in winrar

 

[mklos]

Try Stuffit Expander 11:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/182

 

[gelatin]

dammit i hate not having os 10.4 i cant use that new stuffit

 

[Eidorian]

http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html

 

[mklos]

dammit i hate not having os 10.4 i cant use that new stuffit

Yes you can. I even have it running on my MacBook Pro here.

 

[WildCowboy]

You guys keep giving him solutions that require Tiger.

gelatin, you said that EZ 7Z didn't work. Can you elaborate on what happened when you tried it?

 

[mklos]

Stuffit Expander 11 DOES work with OS X.3. Its just that some of the spotlight technologies require OS X.4.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/stuffitexpander.html

 

[WildCowboy]

I didn't realize Stuffit could handle .7z files...that's news to me.