[lug] Re: [OT] archive formats

[Daniel Webb]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 02:33:52AM -0700, Daniel Webb wrote:

> I was originally planning on using zip archives for a cross-platform backup
> system but discovered zip doesn't allow the same filename twice in an archive
> (even in different directories).  There's nothing about this in the zip man
> page.

Sheesh, never mind, I copied an example and was using the wrong option (the
one that strips path before inserting the file in the archive).

So anyhow, is zip the best format for cross-platform use?