Hi
EasyZip is a very nice freeware clone, and I'm pretty sure it does
.tar.gz.
- B
Marcus wrote:
> Unfortunately I don't know of any freeware for windows that will read
> tar.gz. HJ-Zip is freeware. I'll ask the developer if he's adding
> xxx.tar.gz support som
marcus >Yes, that's it. It is a problem when offering files for multiple
marcus >platforms.
I think it is more of a problem with windows. The file system supports it
but the OS does not. I encounter similar problems using NT boxes to file
serve to macs, mac users save using filenames that are p
On 02.12.99 at 14:14 Nitebirdz wrote:
> As far as I remember, this is the problem: when you download any
>tar.gz file in Windows, it will be automatically renamed
whatever_tar.gz.
>...
>All they need to do is to rename the file to whatever.tar.gz before
>running Winzip on it. That works fin
Jens,
As far as I remember, this is the problem: when you download any
tar.gz file in Windows, it will be automatically renamed whatever_tar.gz
due to the DOS/Windows limitations when it comes to filenames (remember: 8
characters name, 3 characters for the extension, and only one extensio
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 04:02:27AM +, Jens K. Olsen wrote:
> Didn't even try that since I was able to finally get the files with the
> method described above. BTW. How do I create the .tgz rather than the
> .tar.gz? Do I rename it after creating the archive? Can I do it in "one
> shot"? It seem
Matthew Dalton wrote:
>
> (I've just received Eric Miller's reply, so I'll make some comments on
> that as well)
>
> Eric says:
> > 1) tell your user's to Shift-Click the links to download, and/or make
> > sure Netscape isn't decompressing the files when it downloads them
> > (probable cause).
>
Darxus wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Jens K. Olsen wrote:
>
> > I know this is a little off subject, but I think it's a problem may
> > people are running into.
> >
> > I have a ftp server with lot's of files on it. I usually use .tar.gz for
> > large archives rather than .zip because not all m
Darxus wrote:
>
> I've extracted *many* .tar.gz files with winzip. Are they using a current
> version ? What's the error ?
>
Actually I may have been a little too fast there.
I just tried on my own machine, where I still have some Windows left. I
am using japanese Windows98 and Winzip 6.3. It
1) tell your user's to Shift-Click the links to download, and/or make
sure Netscape isn't decompressing the files when it downloads them
(probable cause).
2) check that the files aren't being renamed to xxx_tar.gz . For some
reason this happens on some windows boxen. They have to be renamed to
xxx
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Jens K. Olsen wrote:
> I know this is a little off subject, but I think it's a problem may
> people are running into.
>
> I have a ftp server with lot's of files on it. I usually use .tar.gz for
> large archives rather than .zip because not all my UNIX users has unzip
> insta
I know this is a little off subject, but I think it's a problem may
people are running into.
I have a ftp server with lot's of files on it. I usually use .tar.gz for
large archives rather than .zip because not all my UNIX users has unzip
installed. Winzip supposedly supports tar and gz also.
I re
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