On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 02:32, MD Haq wrote:
> Hi,
> I am taking the backup of the users home directory in tar format
> using a software, but most of them need the files in zip format. for
> this I need to untar it in tmp folder and then zip it to give it to
> the user. Is there any utility to convert tar file to a zip file.
Zip will probably strip all the permissions off the files. I also doubt
it will understand symlinks or other non-file files.
Why do they need zip format? WinZip will understand tar.gz format.
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"Push that big, big granite sphere way up there from way down here!
Gasp and sweat and pant and wheeze! Uh-oh! Feel momentum cease!
Watch it tumble down and then roll the boulder up again!"
- The story of Sisyphus by Dr. Zeus in Frazz 12/18/2003
