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Re: by RajT88 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:46AM (#38086661)
Rar used to be the option of choice when you had file upload size limits, then you could use multivolume.

7z does this now, so it is legacy stuff I come across I use RAR for. I am not aware of any advantage for RAR over 7z. I rarely have to use multivolume these days anyways.

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Re: by genpfault on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:50AM (#38086742)
> I am not aware of any advantage for RAR over 7z.

In-file forward error correction[1]?

[1]: https://www.win-rar.com/recovery-record.html

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