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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: joining files
From:       Michael Pyne <michael.pyne () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2005-12-19 3:42:45
Message-ID: 200512182242.45537.michael.pyne () kdemail ! net
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On Sunday 18 December 2005 22:13, Bram Biesbrouck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know what's the best approach to join two files together in a
> "package-file"? As my file format, I use both a binary file and a xml meta
> file to save application-information. Currently, I'm using the tar (with
> gzip) functionality, which works great, but it has the drawback that the
> file gets recognised as a tarred gzip file, has a similar icon, and opens
> with Ark.

Most applications that use this technique use the ZIP compression format 
instead, including OpenOffice and KWord (and WinAmp skins even).

The compression format itself shouldn't matter too much though.  I think what 
you need to do is setup a custom mimetype for your format (something like 
application/x-programName)

Each mimetype should have an associated .desktop file in 
$KDEDIR/share/mimelnk.  Beyond that I'm not horrifically sure, hopefully 
someone else knows.

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne

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