MsArchiver

A simple cross-platform archiver with support for the native .mlz format. It can be used as a console utility with a simple user interface or without it.

.mlz Archive can store files of any format. The compression is lossless. The archiver guarantees the possibility of full recovery of file data and its name with extension

⚠️ Tested only on linux and macOS.

Features

• Work in the user interaction mode using the console.
• Run from the command line with startup parameters (No interface)
• Compressing files into archive
• Extracting files from archive
• View archive contents

Supported formats:

• Files to compress:
  • any formats.
• Archives:
  • only native .mlz.

Building

To Build this project run:

gcc -o MsArchiver main.c algorithm/file.c algorithm/LZW.c -O2 -pthread

Usage/Examples

Compression

Terminal Input:

./MsArchiver -e -f 
"test_files/harry potter/Philosophers Stone.doc"
"test_files/harry potter/Philosophers Stone.epub"
"test_files/harry potter/Philosophers Stone.fb2"

output ->

|##########| 3/3
Complete

Get archive content

Terminal Input:

./MsArchiver -c -f archive.mlz

output ->

IN archive.mlz
.________________________________
COMPRESSED      SIZE      FILENAME
+               599 KB    Philosophers Stone.doc
-               619 KB    Philosophers Stone.epub
+               420 KB    Philosophers Stone.fb2
.________________________________

Complete

Decompression

Terminal Input:

./MsArchiver -d -f archive.mlz

output ->

|##########| 1/1
Complete

Get some help

Terminal Input:

./MsArchiver -h 

output ->

Usage:
PARAMETER         DESCRIPTION                                                           
-h, --help        This help. (only this one will be printed)                            
-f, --file        Input file. Multiple files separated by a space are allowed             
-d, --decode      Input files will be decompressed (Files with the .mlz extension
                     will be decompressed. The rest will remain untouched)
-e, --encode      Input files will be compressed                                         
-c, --check       Returns the contents of the archives. (works only for .mlz files)   

Start user interface mode

Terminal Input:

./MsArchiver

Results on the tests

File / Files	Uncompressed Size	Compressed Size
harry potter (3 books)	2.5 MB	1.7 MB
Voina i mir.fb2	9.5 MB	4 MB
The Idiot. Fyodor Dostoyevsky.txt	1.4 MB	714 KB
DSCF0879.RAF	33.8 MB	21 MB

Made with

Compression algorithm based on THIS ARTICLE.