Date   : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:03:42 +0100
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Finding file information from .zips

2009/6/26 Rick Murray <rick@...>:

> Have I found software that will zip with paths from a RELATIVE path?
> Nope! WinZip's "include paths" starts from the root.

I'm sure WinZip can create an archive with relative paths - there's
some oddity with how you create the archive as to whether the option
is there to make the paths relative or not. It's something like
whether you've clicked "New" from the WinZip window, or right-clicked
somewhere and created a new Zip file from the context menu.
Nonetheless it's still nasty and counter-intuitive.

> This is one of the times where a lack of virtual memory is a good thing,
> for it is viable to have only a single 'drive' that is write protected.
> Try that on anything Microsoft. I can't say how Linux, Ubuntu, et al
> would react.

Many Linuxes, particularly Ubuntu, come on a "Live CD" that you can
run without making any changes to the hard disk (or even without a
hard disk at all). They mount various parts of the system using RAM
disks, so they work best with plenty of RAM.

-- 
Alex Taylor