.zip vs .tar.gz

Milan Adamov madamov at mac.com
Sat Mar 29 09:24:01 PDT 2008


On 29 Mar, 2008, at 01:44, Scot Hacker wrote:

>
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 4:19 PM, J. Todd Slack wrote:
>> Is there a finder contextual menu extension where I can say  
>> "Compress .tar.gz" just like there is to .compress .zip?
>
>
> Also check out GUItar:
> http://www.edenwaith.com/products/guitar/
>
> Not a plugin, but keep it in your Dock or in the Finder toolbar so  
> you can drag stuff onto it -- it works with any archiving format you  
> have a CLI tool for. Neat and clean, and a great name :)
>

There is Springy (http://www.springyarchiver.com/), it is combination  
of application and Finder contextual menu. However, it is not free.

Milan



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