its not totally clear the exact issue you're dealing with - a minimal example would go a long way.
If I had to guess, I would say your zip entries are using characters not supported by windows file systems. windows has more reserved characters than you might expect, and even reserved filenames you have to avoid like nul, ptr, etc. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#naming_conventions On Friday, November 10, 2017 at 4:40:40 PM UTC-5, Jimmy 99 wrote: > > Is anyone familiar with the archive/zip package? > I am experiencing the following problem: > When I create the Zip file on Ubuntu the file can be extracted no problem. > When I try and extract the zip file on a windows machine I get an error > saying the file cannot be created. > > I have tried compiling the go app on the windows machine, and same problem > - Windows file explorer cannot extract the zipped file. > > Interestingly enough, 7zip on the windows machine can extract the zip > file, but obviously I cannot ask the user community to install 7zip just to > extract a zip file:( > > Any help or pointers will be appreciated > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
