From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz?
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 09:45:55 +0100
Date: 2003-03-07T09:45:55+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b49m55$1u1kao$1@ID-77047.news.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E18rCfr-0002vl-00@porton.narod.ru
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.
> - Use file names shortened to 8.3 (krunching)
>
> - Any other solution?
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2003-03-07 7:53 Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz? Victor Porton
2003-03-07 8:07 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-07 8:19 ` tmoran
2003-03-07 11:07 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-07 13:34 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-07 18:10 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-07 8:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2003-03-07 11:02 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-08 9:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-07 11:28 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-07 21:25 ` Simon Wright
2003-03-07 15:13 ` Stephen Leake
2003-03-07 17:16 ` Pascal Obry
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2003-03-07 19:48 Gautier direct_replies_not_read
2003-03-07 20:32 ` tmoran
2003-03-07 21:48 ` Frank J. Lhota
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