Re: Bug #58852 [Com]: PharData::compress truncates filenames if dots exist in the filename

Sorry, I don't do php.net work any more. I believe Greg and Marcus both do, though, so hang on in there! On 26 April 2015 at 20:43, giunta dot gaetano at gmail dot com < pecl-dev@lists.php.net> wrote: > Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=58852&edit=1 > > ID: 58852 > Comment by: giunta dot gaetano at gmail dot com > Reported by: wes dot harris at gmail dot com > Summary: PharData::compress truncates filenames if dots exist > in the filename > Status: Not a bug > Type: Bug > Package: phar > PHP Version: 5.3.0RC4 > Block user comment: N > Private report: N > > New Comment: > > I also think that this bug should be reopened. > > The current API does not seem to work very well, as it makes it extremely > hard to create archives with dots in their filenames > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [2012-07-28 12:03:45] david dot vantyghem at free dot fr > > I create a file name toto.123.file1.tar with > $phar->buildFromDirectory("$directory") > I create a file name toto.123.file1.tar.md5 -> no problem > How to create a compressed file named toto.123.file1.tar.gz? I must do a > special script to keep 123.file1 in a variable??? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [2012-07-28 11:54:30] david dot vantyghem at free dot fr > > But it's a problem to create a compress file with a name different from > the original file because this name contains a dot > It would be better to keep all the name of the file (without removing a > part of it) and to simply add .gz or .bz2, like the UNIX commands do and > like in other languages : > > test -> test.gz > test.tar -> test.tar.gz (and not test.gz) > test.123.tar -> test.123.tar.gz (and not test.gz) > > If I compress in the same folder 3 files named test, test.tar and > test.123.tar, I will only have one file test.tar.gz!!! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [2012-07-28 11:47:07] david dot vantyghem at free dot fr > > "The extension is all things after the first period" should be added to > the PharData::compress description in the PHP documentation. > I wasted about 1 hour before finding your explaination. Thank you for your > help, I understand how it works now. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [2009-09-08 12:07:55] greg at chiaraquartet dot net > > closed is used for bugs where a fix was made, -> Bogus > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [2009-09-08 11:55:06] wes dot harris at gmail dot com > > Well, I don't agree with your definition of file extension, but that's > largely irrelevant as I'm probably wrong ;) > > Thanks for the input, I'll just avoid having "periods" (as you call them) > in my file names. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view > the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at > > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=58852 > > > -- > Edit this bug report at > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=58852&edit=1 >