From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H2i5f-0008UT-7K for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:58:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l055rwZq002336; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 05:53:58 GMT Received: from uni10mr.unity.ncsu.edu (uni10mr.unity.ncsu.edu [152.1.1.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l055pnhJ001839 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 05:51:49 GMT Received: from [192.168.10.104] (cpe-069-132-056-226.carolina.res.rr.com [69.132.56.226]) (authenticated bits=0) by uni10mr.unity.ncsu.edu (8.13.7/8.13.8/Nv5.2006.1109) with ESMTP id l055piww029470 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 00:51:47 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] archiving From: Randy Barlow To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <459DBC24.2040602@lockie.ca> References: <459DBC24.2040602@lockie.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:51:44 -0500 Message-Id: <1167976304.26824.36.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.4.213433 X-Spam-Status: No, Hits=7% X-Spam-Level: IIIIIII X-Archives-Salt: 761c2648-31f4-4962-a872-ce2f312809d4 X-Archives-Hash: ad1d1d81d9f60a72c22a44c25f4f93f1 On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:47 -0500, James Lockie wrote: > Compressing a folder doesn't work. > > When I right click on a folder in konqueror and select compress, a > "please wait" dialog opens and the progress bar just moves back and forth. > It is like it is in an infinite loop so end up cancelling. > I've tried zip and tar.bz2 Have you tried compressing it from a shell using either tar or gzip, or zip? Randy Barlow http://www.electronsweatshop.com ... faster BogoMIPS calculations (yes, it now boots 2 seconds faster than it used to: we're considering changing the name from "Linux" to "InstaBOOT" -- Linus, in the announcement for 1.3.26 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list