[OS X TeX] clean zip files

[Bob Kerstetter]

On Feb 9, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Friedrich Vosberg wrote:

> Morning.
>
> To publish packages at CTAN the maintainer wants to get *clean* zip  
> files. zip files made in the Finder contain a lot of metadata. So  
> I've decided to make the zip files in the Terminal with
>
>     zip -r foldername archivename -x .*
>                                   ^^^^^^
> The underlined option should avoid that the archive contains  
> a .DS_Store entry. But the archive *contains* one! Why?
>
> How can I create real clean zip files?
>
> TIA and kind regards. Friedrich


Try CleanArchiver. I have heard zero complaints from Windows  
recipients since starting to use it.

http://www.sopht.jp/cleanarchiver/

Gets good comments on Version Tracker:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23678
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