Thanks Eli, I realised that the batch file I use to do the build already uses tar to unpack the tar.gz file - so I can use those files directly. Thank you David Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:36:38 +1100 >> From: David Wall <dc_wall****@adsl*****> >> >> But - I need Mingw/msys to do the building and the source code comes in >> Tar.gz format. >> >> I had a play this arvo and wrote a small batch file that used 7z to >> get the tar out of the .tar.gz - then the same 7z to get the files I >> needed to edit out of the .tar. > > There are MinGW ports of the bsdtar program that can unpack a .tar.gz > archive directly, so there should be no need for tricks with 7z. > > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-Users mailing list > MinGW****@lists***** > > This list observes the Etiquette found at > http://www.mingw.org/Mailing_Lists. > We ask that you be polite and do the same. Disregard for the list etiquette may cause your account to be moderated. > > _______________________________________________ > You may change your MinGW Account Options or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.osdn.me/mailman/listinfo/mingw-users > Also: mailto:mingw****@lists*****?subject=unsubscribe
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