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> Hope you can help, sorry if this seems like a lightweight question but here
> goes. If there is a more appropriate ng, pls let me know!

> I have a number of files on a Solaris machine (they are MS Word files). I
> would like to generate a .zip (equivalent) file under Unix which can then be
> transferred onto a windows machine and opened with Winzip.

> I have gzip. I can create a .gz file which can be read on windows under
> winzip, no problem. This works with a single ms word file though.

> If I wish to create a single .gz file holding multiple ms word doc files
> (and storing them individually within the zip file just as would be done
> under windows), can I achieve this using gzip?

> My efforts so far seem to have only achieved creating a .gz file containing
> ONE file, that being (I think) the concatenation of all of the individual
> files, which cannot be opened by MS Word on the PC.

> If I have managed to explain my request adequately, is anyone able to help
> me?

> Many thanks in advance for your assistance!

> cheers
> Jeremy

> > I have a number of files on a Solaris machine (they are MS Word files).
I
> > would like to generate a .zip (equivalent) file under Unix which can
then be
> > transferred onto a windows machine and opened with Winzip.

> Create a tar archive holding all the files, then gzip it. Then rename
> archive.tar.gz to archive.tgz. WINZIP is able to open such files.

> Alternatively, you can install zip and unzip on Solaris.

> Oh - and when transferring from SOlaris to Windows, if you use FTP, make
> sure (as in *damn sure*) you do so in binary mode!

> --
> Michel Bardiaux
> Peaktime Belgium S.A.  Rue Margot, 37  B-1457 Nil St Vincent
> Tel : +32 10 65.44.15  Fax : +32 10 65.44.10

> > > I have a number of files on a Solaris machine (they are MS Word files).
> I
> > > would like to generate a .zip (equivalent) file under Unix which can
> then be
> > > transferred onto a windows machine and opened with Winzip.

> > Create a tar archive holding all the files, then gzip it. Then rename
> > archive.tar.gz to archive.tgz. WINZIP is able to open such files.

> > Alternatively, you can install zip and unzip on Solaris.

> > Oh - and when transferring from SOlaris to Windows, if you use FTP, make
> > sure (as in *damn sure*) you do so in binary mode!

> > --
> > Michel Bardiaux
> > Peaktime Belgium S.A.  Rue Margot, 37  B-1457 Nil St Vincent
> > Tel : +32 10 65.44.15  Fax : +32 10 65.44.10

> Thanks for the advice. What I hadn't realised was that winzip can handle tar
> files. Sorry, I really shouldn't have bothered the group with this.

> cheers
> Jeremy