----- Original Message ---- From: Zhang Weiwu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [opensuse] should I prefer RAR format for deliverying file to Windows users
WE cannot avoid it: some day you need to send several files to a Windows user: you use a packing tool either because there are many files or because the file had been too fat and can be compressed. What format to use: most western people I think will choose zip, for me I got a problem: the Chinese file names, after un-packaged on Windows, is junk text because on Linux we all use UTF-8 and Windows Chinese version using different charset (GB18030) ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you tried jar? That's the archive format that is used by Java programs. There's a command-line tool that comes with the Java developer's kit (and with the runtime). My understanding is that the format is essentially zip, but modified to use Unicode for the directory information. BTW, if it works (or not) I'd be pleased to hear about this, as I've been teaching this for a dozen years, and haven't been able to test it myself! HTH Cheers, Simon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
