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 07:26:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz? Date: 07 Mar 2003 10:13:20 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1047050838 27745 128.183.235.92 (7 Mar 2003 15:27:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Mar 2003 15:27:18 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35033 Date: 2003-03-07T15:27:18+00:00 List-Id: 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. -- -- Stephe