Hi Warren, It's the un-zipping at the other end that concerns me, not the zip on my machine. Sounds like the ability to handle tar files might require a Windows user to install some software. Pete
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Warren Samples <war...@warrensweb.us>wrote: > On 04/10/2012 07:04 PM, Pete wrote: > >> 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 >> > > I wouldn't say there's anything difficult about compressing using > tar+bzip2, which gives much higher compression than ZIP. > > In a terminal: > > cd to directory containing the directory you want to archive and compress > > issue the command: tar cfj name-of-archive-to-create.tbz2 > name-of-directory-to-archive > > Done > > It seems simple enough. > > Warren > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<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
