If I unzip the file on the VMS system, the extension is maintained. Clarence Respass, Software Engineer - HDS Express Scripts, Inc. Work: (314) 684-7150, x347150 Cell: (412) 657-1281
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Meyering [mailto:j...@meyering.net] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:01 AM To: Respass, Clarence (EHQ) Cc: bug-gzip@gnu.org Subject: Re: Using the -N options in gzip Respass, Clarence (EHQ) wrote: > I zip a file using "Info-ZIP" on a HP-VMS system. I then use perl to ftp the > files to a Unix system. I using gzip with the -N option, but my files are > always decompressed without the original file extension. > > Example: > > VMS system: > > Archive: PH$DEVL:[COM]TRYFTP.GZ;1 > Length Date Time Name > --------- ---------- ----- ---- > 2082 02-08-2010 11:03 tryftp.txt > --------- ------- > 2082 1 file > > Unix system: > > $ gzip -dNv tryftp.gz > tryftp.gz: 50.8% -- replaced with tryftp Perhaps info-ZIP does not record the original name. If the compressed input lacks the original name, it can't very well use it.
