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> I wonder if your friend would be able to download the file if it had an
> extension of .txt or something as opposed to an archive extension.
> (Perhaps the AV doesn't even read into the file at all, and only
> unintelligently looks at the extension).
>
> Steve
>
>
I'd pick a binary extension
On 10/15/07, Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip
> # tar -cvzf archive.tgz /path/to/program
>
> Will give you your tgz file in one fell swoop.
snip
Unfortunately that only works with GNU tar. If you are using a
different tar you need to say
tar cvf - /path/to/dir | gzip > archive.tgz
Rob Dixon wrote:
> Inventor 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 -c
Inventor 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
f
On 10/13/07, Inventor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the reassurance that there *should* be no such
> thing as a text file virus.
Sure, there are text file viruses. Sorry to burst your bubble.
There are lots of text-only viruses. Every powerful scripting system
is vulnerable to viral co
On Oct 13, 12:06 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Phoenix) wrote:
> On 10/13/07, Inventor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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.g
On Oct 13, 12:06 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chas. Owens) wrote:
>
> 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 t
On 10/13/07, Inventor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
If you have gnu tar, you don't need to have a sep
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 us
2007/10/13, Inventor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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
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