On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:20:13 +0100, 
"David Luff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On 8/14/03 at 10:14 AM Martin Spott wrote:
> 
> >Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> >
> >> ..can these use tarballs named .tgz instead of .tar.gz etc ?
> >
> >I'd vote for another approach.
> >PowerArchiver for Windows, unlike WinZip, _is_ able to deal with
> >.tar.gz archives - at least Version 6.11 does (definitely, just
> >tested).
> 
> Um, Winzip deals just fine with tar.gz, and has done for many
> versions, if you ignore the fact that it leaves a temporary copy of
> the tar file in the temp dir each time it extracts one.
> 
> There was a problem a while ago that Netscape 3/4.x would rename the
> extension tar.gz to something wierd that the archiver wouldn't
> recognise, which might possibly be alleviated by using .tgz instead,
> but how many people use older Netscapes now?

..afair, in WinZip, .tar.gz just needed a 2'nd "Extract" button click, 
and of course that extra disk space.  ;-)

..if there are GPL'ed alternatives, we should link to them.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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