----- Original Message -----
From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:47 AM
Subject: [opendx-general] Re: what is pre-Cygwin B21?


> YOU SHOULD NEVER USE Winzip or PKzip on a tar.gz file!!!! PERIOD.
>...
> Winzip and PkZip or any other Windows Zip software will insert
> the Windows crap at the end of lines .i.e a <cr>

I use Winzip on tar.gz files all the time without this problem. All you need
to do is turn off the "TAR file smart CR/LF conversion" option.

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Mark Hadfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield/
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand

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