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lzip: Can't create output file (Users)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 07.01.2024, 17:17

> > Ok, thanks for this information, I will modify the help file, but how do
> > you know a year later that this file was an exe file and not a gif?
> > Especially if you have a gif and a pdf and an exe file with the same
> > name in the same folder as it is, eg, in vim?
>
> The only way to handle it is to create tar.lz?

You're on the right track. The preferred way to use lzip is to compress containers.
So, at first, you tar your desired files into a .tar archive, then create a .tlz from this tar container.

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Complete thread:

• lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 03.01.2024, 20:16 (Users)
  • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 03.01.2024, 22:54
  • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 13:53
    • lzip: Can't create output file - tom, 04.01.2024, 16:10
    • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 04.01.2024, 20:07
      • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 04.01.2024, 20:14
      • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 04.01.2024, 23:10
        • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 23:23
          • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 23:29
            • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 07.01.2024, 17:17
              • lzip: Can't create output file - fritz.mueller, 07.01.2024, 18:09
          • lzip: Can't create output file - rr, 07.01.2024, 17:12