Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <017501c06aeb$0efc04b0$945d4fcb@workhorse> From: "Robert Collins" To: References: <200012201918 DOT LAA29435 AT prosper DOT leonora DOT org> <00122020370103 DOT 08590 AT cygbert> <20001220144007 DOT F21461 AT redhat DOT com> Subject: Re: AW: documentation archive Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:12:13 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Dec 2000 01:14:54.0832 (UTC) FILETIME=[6D336F00:01C06AEB] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" To: Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:40 AM Subject: Re: AW: documentation archive > >That's it and these are the reasons for suggesting not to use WinZip > >for unpacking. Especially newbies will not be able to figure what's > >gone wrong. > > I wonder if we can add a bit to our version of tar to make it produce > files that are unextractable using winzip. > > cgf > I don't believe winzip understands bzip2. .tar.bz2 might work Rob -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple