From: tolj AT uni-duesseldorf DOT de (Stipe Tolj)
Subject: Re: tar, zip, gzip troubles
12 Oct 1998 07:53:14 -0700
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To: "Dr. Markus Hnicka" <Hoenicka AT pbmail DOT me DOT kp DOT dlr DOT de>
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> I'm quite new to the Cygnus tools (B19), but I have some experience with
> both Windows NT4 and Linux. I can unpack .tar.gz and .zip on NT and I
> can create .tar.gz on Linux and create .zip on NT (WinZip, InfoZip
> zip/unzip in cmd.exe). However, I can't properly pack or unpack using
> the Cygnus bash. All attempts result in invalid or unreadable archives.
> I've tested:
> - gzip/gunzip/tar shipped with the Cygnus tools
> - InfoZip zip/unzip ported to Cygnus
> - InfoZip zip/unzip compiled for WinNT
> The only packer that partially works is pkzip, but this fails to
> recursively search subdirectories.
> I've tested the whole thing on two NT boxes, and I've downloaded the
> usertools twice to be sure the distribution isn't corrupted.
> What am I doing wrong?

Hi Markus,

you may specify your setup and environment, so we can get a clue why that
happens. I had never problems with the Cygwin32 (CDK, not usertool package)
tar and gzip utils.

Regards,
Stipe

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Stipe Tolj <tolj AT uni-duesseldorf DOT de>
Cygwin32 Porting Project
Department of Economical Computer Science
University of Cologne, Germany
http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~tolj




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