From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ad50e6a11b0a7c8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-07 03:05:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!zen.net.uk!news.cabal.org.uk!news-peer.gradwell.net!not-for-mail Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 References: From: porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton) Subject: Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:02:43 +0500 Organization: Extreme Code Software (http://ex-code.com) X-URL: http://www.ex-code.com/ NNTP-Posting-Date: 07 Mar 2003 11:05:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.149.39.13 X-Trace: 1047035142 news.gradwell.net 66673 mail2news/195.149.39.13 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@gradwell.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35017 Date: 2003-03-07T11:05:42+00:00 List-Id: In article , "Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes: > Victor Porton wrote: > >> I'm going to release an Ada package (UniParser - a library for creating >> grammar parsers). Gnat uses long filenames. What is the best solution >> for release: >> >> I work under Linux. Windows archivers do not accept ZIP files created >> by Linux "zip" with long filenames (more than 8.3). >> >> Should I: >> >> - Release in .tar.gz (Hey, Windows users, are you all able to >> extreact?) > > It would work perfectly well for both Linux and Windows. BTW, there is a > standard extension for tag+gzip = ".tgz". It is known to WinZip, > WinCommander and other Win-stuff. I was not clear and you misunderstood. I'm not about the archive file name, but about file names inside the archive. >> - Use file names shortened to 8.3 (krunching) >> >> - Any other solution? >