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. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
