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Now Compress and Decompress Files Online. No more waiting for software downloads

by Aditya on June 12, 2009

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If you are in need of a quick decompression or creation of an archive (rar, zip, tar, tgz) or need to do decompression or creation of an archive just once, here is an excellent online tool for you. Named as OpenRarFile.com, this web tools lets you create and extract archives on the fly.

Extracting files from an Archive:

Decompressing an archive using OpenRarFile.com (rar, zip, tar, tgz) is very easy. Just head to the OpenRarFile.com website and browse the archive you wish to extract files from. Once you have browsed and selected an archive, select the type of archive in the dropdown box beside and click on the ‘Unzip’ button. Your file will be then extracted and you will be given separate download links for each file.

Here is the extraction of a Wordpress plugin (file name’ wp-page-numbers.zip’) performed by OpenRarFile.com:

1. Browsed and select the type of archive to extract.

2. Archive extracted with separate links to download individual files.

Compressing files into an Archive:

Compressing files into an archive using OpenRarFile.com is very easy. Just visit the OpenRarFile.com website and under the ‘Zip Files section’, upload files you wish to compress. As of now, OpenRarFile.com lets you add only upto 10 files for compression. Once you have uploaded all the files you wish to compress, select a compression format and click on ‘Zip My Files’ button.

About Aditya: Aditya is a 16 year old online entrepreneur living in India. He is the founder and editor of Tech Ravings, a blog sharing latest apps and services from the tech world.Get more from Aditya on Twitter.