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Published Mar 22, 2019
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The example uses tar to create a file ending in .zip. So is that actually a ZIP format file, or is it a GZ format file with the wrong filename extension? If the former, strange that the -z option to tar would be co-opted for a different archive format; if the latter, bad practice to give files incorrect filename extensions, as it could cause issues with tools that use extension to determine format.
Edit: It appears that it is the latter, which is bad form.
CMD> tar -czvf file.zip zipdir/
CYGWIN> file file.zip
file.zip: gzip compressed data, last modified: Mon Sep 28 20:26:49 2020, from Unix
