On 10/13/07, Inventor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, this question may be a bit off-topic but I do not know where to > ask and you've all been so helpful with my questions about the program > itself. To distribute the program I zip up the Perl source file with > some other text files by first using tar -cf filename.tar *, then gzip > filename.tar, then renaming filename.tar.gz to filename.tgz. I put > that on my web site and there have been complaints that their virus > checking software flags it as containing a virus. > > I am working on a non-intel Mac so there is little chance of a real > virus, plus its only text files and i see no special characters in the > text files. Besides, both of my virus checkers find no viruses, so I > think I am virus-free. Did changing the filename mess up a checksum > or something? How do I end up with a *.tgz extension in a more kosher > way? snip
Both .tgz and .tar.gz are valid extensions for tarballs. So far as I know, there is no such thing as a text file virus. There was a text file that could crash WinNT 3. Are you certain that you have only put text files in the tarball? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
