I guess my primary concern is that a user can simply download the compressed file and either have his browser autoatically un-compress it or just be able to double-click on it to un-compress it, then have the program be ready to use. I may be misunderstanding but sounds like it might not be that straightforward with tar? Pete
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Yes, you're right, tar is older. Nonetheless, can you think of any other > reason why one would want to use tar, except for glueing files together in > preparation of compression? I'm not sure what you mean by "property bundle > up bits of code". > > I don't think that tar is available on Windows by default, but that's > another story. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Get the extIco2Png external for LiveCode here http://qery.us/1w6 > > On 11 apr 2012, at 01:14, Tim Jones wrote: > > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Tar is a bad idea because it glues files together and doesn't compress. > Tar was invented to allow gzip to compress multiple files. It is easier and > faster to use the zip command line tool rather than to use both tar and > gzip. Many unix geeks still prefer tar+gzip but I'm not sure why. > > > > Wha??? > > > > "tar" (Tape ARchiver) has been around since before we even considered > compression schemes. It wasn't until the Linux / FreeBSD movement that > compression options were added. On most systems still using AT&T tar > sources, you have to compress an archive after tar creates it and > decompress an archive before tar can extract its contents. > > > > We prefer tar and a compressor because it allows up to properly bundle > up bits of code, regardless of the file types, and share them with others > while reduing the overall footprint required on disk and for transfer. The > tar app is available in one form or another on every platform out there, so > you can pretty much always open another's tarball. > > > > In fact, I believe Dennis' original PDP MULTIX 9-track install tapes > used a precursor to the modern tar format. > > > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
