Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/09/26/07:57:18
Hi Paul,
[...]
> So, for those who are curious, WinZip can _not_ handle any sort of
>symbolic linking whatsoever, period. Of course, if it were run in a Unix
>shell, it might be able to...
>
> Let's face it, folks; WinZip is defined/designed for MS Windows platforms
>and not for anything else.
>
> The fact that WinZip is capable of handling .tar and .tgz is nothing more
>than a convenience that was added by NicoMac computing for those who
>haven't a clue about the differences between .tar, .tgz, .gzip, .zip or
>tar.gz type files. Of course, it is _convenient_ for non-Unix aware users...
Perhaps once again I wasn't clear enough - I *don't want* .zip
archives, too.
All I wanted to point out was, that it doesn't help to use .tar.gz
archives to avoid problems with WinZIP, because WinZIP can deal with
..tar.gz and .tgz ! And if users didn't configure WinZIP as appropriate,
they will run into troubles.
[...]
Sorry for the confusion.
>
> Peace,
>
> Paul G.
BYe.
Michael.
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