On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 21:09 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Wednesday 2007-03-28 at 23:08 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > > > I have tried all of them (creating documents with RAR, gzip, bz2, zip, > > jar format created by Gnome's file-roller) and all of them opens shows > > junk file name on Windows (opened by 7-zip running on Windows). > > I think you should also try different programs on both ends. It could be > an inplementation problem, not an archive format problem (or not only). > > > > However if I receive a document from a Windows user in tar, gzip, bz2, > > zip format (when testing, created by 7-zip Windows version), all of them > > opens junk file name on SuSE BUT if a Windows user send me RAR file > > (made with winRAR), open it in Linux, the file name is CORRECT. > > And rar made with 7-zip in windows? If that is also incorrect, then the > 7-zip client is the culprit.
7-zip cannot make RAR :~) > > So: RAR file made on Linux doesn't contain charset information, RAR > > files made on Windows contain charset information. > > A rar made with gnome roller. Try another tool; but I don't know which, > rar is propietary. I wasn't even aware that we could make rars in linux > (version 2 rar, I mean). I am trying: maybe one version of rar have this charset problem solved and I simply didn't create RAR in the right version. > > > > The only format acceptable to general Windows user I haven't tried yet > > is: CAB. This format can be opened by Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. I didn't > > try it because I cannot find a tool to make such archives. I can only > > find cabextract in SuSE repository which is used to open CAB format. > > Posibly propietary. Absolutely proprietary. But first a user (me) have to solve a problem, I can only prefer opensource format AMONG things I have tested works. > > > Still no solution. > > A zisofs compressed iso? But it wouldn't "open" on a windows machine, I > think. An iso later compressed as zip, that would work (or rzip). > > Look at Productivity/Archiving/Compression, there are several programs > there. You are at a better position to try than many of us are: I can't > even test your problem, for instance. > > > I think you have found a problem that should be addressed somehow... Ah, would appreciate any effort on solving my problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
