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From: Vladimir G Ivanovic <vladimir AT acm DOT org>
Reply-To: Vladimir G Ivanovic <vladimir AT acm DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc: klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de, merlin_electronic AT t-online DOT de
Subject: Re: AW: documentation archive 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:21:53 PST."
             <20001219142153 DOT 8484 DOT qmail AT web114 DOT yahoomail DOT com> 
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:18:35 -0800

"EB" == Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> writes:

  EB> --- klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de wrote:
  >> we loaded cgwin-docs_tar.tar, but we can not open it. tar says
  >> "hmm, seems not to be a tar archive" and winzip read a header with
  >> 0 byte. Can you help us ?
  >>

  EB> 1) Don't use Netscape to download your files.

I use Netscape almost exclusively to download files, without problems.
Sometimes Netscape will automagically decompress the file, but not
rename it. So all applications that key off of the file name extension
will be confused. It's a simple matter to rename the file to end in
".tar". Also, see below.

  EB> 2) Don't use Winzip to explore a cygwin archive file.

I do this as well without problems, although it's not my preferred way
of exploring a gzipped tar gile. WinZip will ask if it should decompress
the file to a temporary directory and open it, which it does admirably.
Also, see below.

  EB> 3) The name of the file should be cygwin-docs.tar.gz

"cygwin-docs.tgz" could work as well. See below.

  EB> Cheers,

I have registered two new file types in Explorer to make my life easier:
In Tools:Folder Options:File Types, I've added
  
  GZ  --> WinZip
  TGZ --> WinZip 

You might have to do the same in Netscape (Edit:Preferences:Applications).

---Vladimir

Vladimir G. Ivanovic                    http://www.leonora.org/~vladimir
2770 Cowper St.                                         vladimir AT acm DOT org
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447                                 +1 650 678 8014

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