Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Ivan Voras
Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:27:20 +0200, Manolis Kiagias > wrote: >> Wildly off-topic as we are discussing Windows, but all recent versions >> (XP, Vista, etc) can handle zip files. They call them "compressed >> folders" (don't confuse with NTFS compression though) and even hav

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Polytropon
First of all, thanks for enlightening me. I don't use any MICROS~1 products so it was a really honest question. Whenever I needed interoperability with a "Windows" PC, there was the big problem: For any additional functionality "foo" you needed to install "WinFoo". There was nothing from the OS's s

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:47:06 +0100 (CET), "Zbigniew Szalbot" > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip >> extenstion >> so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any >> special >> software? > > Maybe this is a stupid follow-up

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:47:06 +0100 (CET), "Zbigniew Szalbot" > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip extenstion >> so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any special >> software? >> > > Maybe th

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:47:06 +0100 (CET), "Zbigniew Szalbot" wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip extenstion > so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any special > software? Maybe this is a stupid follow-up question, but...

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi there, > I believe you are looking for archivers/zip Indeed I was! :) Thank you Manolis! $ zip easter *.mov created an easter.zip file with all the mov files in the archive. Great as I was afraid I would have to download the files, archive them and then upload which would take an awful lot of

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip extenstion so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any special software? ports/archivers/zip Man gzip suggests -S switch but when I tried it, I could not open the file under windows. Many thanks for your s

Re: Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip extenstion > so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any special > software? > > Man gzip suggests -S switch but when I tried it, I could not open the file > under windows. Ma

Compression with *.zip output

2009-03-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip extenstion so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any special software? Man gzip suggests -S switch but when I tried it, I could not open the file under windows. Many thanks for your suggestions! Have