Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz?

[Stephen Leake <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov>]

porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton) writes:

> 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?)

There are many facilities for Windows that support .tar.gz; eg WinZip,
Cygwin. It's a better format; just use that.

Also, please use the .tar.gz file extension for the archive. Someone
else suggested .tgz. There is _no_ reason to stick with just three
letters, and we will soon run out of reasonable three letter
extensions (if we haven't already :). .tar.gz indicates the file is
processed first by tar and then by gzip; that's a very nice name.

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