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Date:      Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:31:28 +0200
From:      David Landgren <david@landgren.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Creating a zip file
Message-ID:  <409103B0.7070400@landgren.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040429062624.GA1538@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
References:  <20040428053947.GA77342@bellsouth.net> <20040429062624.GA1538@dhumketu.homeunix.net>

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Shantanoo wrote:

> +++ Bryan Cassidy [freebsd] [28-04-04 00:39 -0500]:
> | I am trying to create a zip file that can be unziped on a Windows machine. Any help appreciated.
> | -- 
> 
> .tar, .tar.gz, .tgz are supported by WinZIP.

Careful with tarfiles and winzip. Earlier version of the latter did bad 
things when tar files contained zero-length files. I just checked with 
version 8.1 and it works correctly, but I do remember having grief in 
the past with this.

David

> | 
> | As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such things as a free
> | variable."
> | 
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