ZIP fie with no mac hidden files

[simbalala]

Originally Posted by Natobasso

Get Parallels or Bootcamp?

umm, on a G4?

[Natobasso]

umm, didn't see your comp.

Virtual PC?

Can you post a screenshot of your directory structure/folder names? Maybe your names are too long? I do know you're dealing with the mac has 2 directory forks and the pc only 1 issue...

[simbalala]

Originally Posted by Natobasso

umm, didn’t see your comp.

Virtual PC?

I’m not going to spend any money on this when I have a viable solution using the web server. I think others may benefit from any solution though.

I can’t give you a screenshot because I don’t have a PC here but you can see for yourself. Set up a dummy folder with a couple more inside, nest them. Add some files inside each folder and zip up the top level folder. Move the zip to a PC and unzip it.

Edit: There is actually a PC here but it belongs to my sister. So if I did anything at all techie with it and a meteor came crashing through the roof destroying it I’d get the blame.

[Mikuro]

That problem sounds vaguely familiar, but I've never encountered it myself. Are you sure that still happens with Tiger and Leopard? I don't think I ever used it much in Panther. Back then I used StuffIt to make zips.

Then again, I guess it's possible the people I give zips to just never complained about it. This problem happens on both Windows and Linux?

[simbalala]

I’ve been on the sending side, I’ve never seen the actual result, I don’t really know the people who’ve complained.

It’s a public site with a library of routines and I’ve been told of the problem. It does make sense, we do know that Apple does use colons internally. Try putting one in a file name or just ask an app to give you the HFS path to a file, it’s like so:

Computer:Users:myname:Desktop:test.jpg

Edit: I’m on Tiger and the problems have been reported while I’ve been on Tiger. I was zipping using the contextual menu when the problem was reported, I don’t know if the result is the same when using the command line in Terminal. I just wanted to eliminate the problem for sure so I switched to the safe haven of the Linux webserver.

Anyone here running a dual boot OS X/Windows system or with a Windows PC at hand can check this for us.

[fulmar2]

There is an inexpensive program that does just what you are asking. It creates a ZIP file with no hidden mac files. It's really easy to use (drag and drop). I use it every day! It seems to stumble when there are certain characters in the filenames - but other than that, a solid application.