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Jar is just a ZIP. ISO's can be mounted under Unix.
> - Context-aware extraction. For example, if you double click a PNG, it only extracts that PNG file. For an exe, it extracts the whole thing.
Any software does that since... Amiga days?
>- Splitting files, locked archives, AES protection, SFX, and other features are easily accessible.
Splitting exists since forever.
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Jar is just a ZIP. ISO's can be mounted under Unix.
> - Context-aware extraction. For example, if you double click a PNG, it only extracts that PNG file. For an exe, it extracts the whole thing.
Any software does that since... Amiga days?
>- Splitting files, locked archives, AES protection, SFX, and other features are easily accessible.
Splitting exists since forever.